Noah's ark

See also: Noah's Ark

English

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat by Simon de Myle

Alternative forms

• Noah's Ark Often capitalized, as it is a proper noun. Sometimes written as if ark is meant as a common noun.

Etymology

From Middle English Noþess arrke.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Noah's ark

1. The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran.

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Synonyms

• Ark

Translations

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis

• Arabic: سَفِينَةُ نُوح f (safīnatu nūḥ), فُلْكُ نُوح m or f (fulku nūḥ)
• Armenian: Նոյան տապան (Noyan tapan)
• Azerbaijani: Nuhun gəmisi
• Basque: Noeren ontzia
• Belarusian: Но́еў каўчэ́г m (Nójeŭ kaŭčéh)
• Bengali: নূহের নৌকা (nuher nōuka)
• Bulgarian: Но́ев ковче́г m (Nóev kovčég)
• Catalan: arca de Noè f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諾亞方舟／诺亚方舟 (zh) (Nuòyǎ fāngzhōu)

• Czech: Noemova archa f
• Danish: Noas ark n
• Dutch: ark van Noach f
• Esperanto: Arkeo de Noa
• Estonian: Noa laev
• Faroese: Nóa ørk f
• Finnish: Nooan arkki
• French: arche de Noé (fr) f
• Galician: arca de Noé f
• Georgian: ნოეს კიდობანი (noes ḳidobani)
• German: Arche Noah f
• Greek: Κιβωτός του Νώε f (Kivotós tou Nóe)
• Hebrew: תֵּיבַת נֹחַ (he) f (tevát nóakh)
• Hindi: नूह का जहाज़ m (nūh kā jahāz), नूह की कश्ती f (nūh kī kaśtī)
• Hungarian: Noé bárkája (hu)
• Icelandic: örkin hans Nóa f
• Ido: archo (io)
• Indonesian: Bahtera Nuh
• Irish: Áirc Naoi m
• Italian: arca di Noè f
• Japanese: ノアの箱舟 (ノアのはこぶね, Noa no hakobune)
• Kazakh: Нұхтың кемесі (Nūxtyñ kemesı)
• Korean: 노아의 방주 (Noa-ui bangju)
• Kyrgyz: Нухтун кемеси (Nuhtun kemesi)
• Latin: Arca Noë f
• Latvian: Noasa šķirsts m
• Lithuanian: Nojaus arka f
• Macedonian: Ноева арка f (Noeva arka)
• Malay: Bahtera Nabi Nuh
• Manx: Yn Arg f, Arg Noah f
• Middle English: Noþess arrke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Noas ark m, Noahs ark m

• Persian: کشتی نوح (kašti-ye nuh)
• Polish: arka Noego (pl) f
• Portuguese: Arca de Noé f
• Romanian: Arca lui Noe f
• Russian: Но́ев ковче́г m (Nójev kovčég)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Àirc m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ноина арка f, Нојева барка f

  Roman: Noina arka f, Nojeva barka f

• Slovak: Noemova archa f
• Slovene: Noetova barka f
• Spanish: arca de Noé (es) f
• Swedish: Noas ark c
• Tagalog: arka ni Noe
• Tajik: киштии Нӯҳ (kištiyi Nüh)
• Thai: เรือโนอาห์
• Turkish: Nuh'un gemisi (tr)
• Ukrainian: Но́їв ковче́г m (Nójiv kovčéh), ковче́г Но́я m (kovčéh Nója)
• Urdu: نوح کی کشتی f (nūh kī kaśtī)
• Uzbek: Nuhning kemasi
• Vietnamese: tàu Nô-ê
• Welsh: Arch Noa m

Noun

Noah's ark (plural Noah's arks)

1. A toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it.
2. A small bivalve mollusc, Arca noae.
3. (Australia, rhyming slang) A shark.
4. (Australia, rhyming slang, obsolete) A nark (spoilsport).

Synonyms

• Noah (abbreviation)
• Noah's (abbreviation)

Further reading

• “Noah's ark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Khorasan, korhaans