berth

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: bû(r)th, IPA: /bɜː(r)θ/, SAMPA: /b3:(r)T/
• Homophone: birth
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)θ

Noun

berth (plural berths)

1. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
2. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
3. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
4. A job or position, especially on a ship.
5. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.

Translations

bunk

Bulgarian: койка (bg), място за спане (bg) Dutch: kooi (nl) f. Finnish: punkka (fi) French: couchette (fr) German: Koje f., Schlafplatz m. Hungarian: ágy (hu), alvóhely (hu)

Italian: cuccetta (it) f. Norwegian: køye (no) Russian: полка (ru) f., койка (ru) f. Spanish: camarote (es) m. Swedish: koj (sv), slaf, sovplats (sv)

maneuvering room

Finnish: pelivara (fi)

French: marge de manœuvre (fr) f.

space to moor

Bulgarian: корабно място (bg) Dutch: ligplaats (nl) f. Finnish: venepaikka (fi), laituripaikka (fi) (for vessel); pysäköintiruutu (fi) (for car)

German: Landungsplatz m., Ladeplatz m., Liegeplatz m. Spanish: amarra (es) f.

position on a ship

Bulgarian: длъжност (bg)

position in a tournament

Verb

berth (third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)

1. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
2. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to

Translations

to bring a ship into berth

Bulgarian: закотвям (bg), акостирам (bg) Dutch: aanmeren (nl), aanleggen (nl) Finnish: rantautua (fi), kiinnittyä (fi)

German: anlegen (de) Russian: причаливать (ru) Spanish: atraque (es)