berth

English

Alternative forms

• birth, byrth (obsolete)

Etymology

Origin obscure, but apparently from Middle English *berth (“bearing, carriage”), equivalent to bear +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bû(r)th, IPA: /bɜː(ɹ)θ/, X-SAMPA: /b3:(r\)T/
• Homophone: birth
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)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.
6. (sports) position on the field of play
   • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, The Guardian:

     Olivier Giroud then entered the fray and Walcott reverted to his more familiar berth on the right wing, quickly creating his side's fifth goal by crossing for Giroud to send a plunging header into the net from close range.

Translations

bunk

• Bulgarian: койка (bg) (kojka), място за спане (bg) (mjasto za spane)
• Catalan: camarot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 床位 (cmn) (chuángwèi)

• Dutch: kooi (nl) f
• Finnish: punkka (fi)
• French: couchette (fr)

• German: Koje (de) f, Schlafplatz (de) m
• Hungarian: ágy (hu), alvóhely (hu)
• Italian: cuccetta (it) f
• Japanese: バース (ja) (bāsu), 寝台 (ja) (しんだい, shindai)
• Norwegian: køye (no)
• Portuguese: camarote (pt)
• Russian: полка (ru) (pólka) f, койка (ru) (kójka) f, спальное место (ru) (spálʹnoje mésto) n, место (ru) (mésto) n
• 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) (korabno mjasto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泊位 (cmn) (bówèi)

• Dutch: ligplaats (nl) f
• Finnish: venepaikka (fi), laituripaikka (fi) (for vessel); pysäköintiruutu (fi) (for car)

• German: Landungsplatz m, Ladeplatz m, Liegeplatz m
• Portuguese: vaga (pt)
• Russian: якорное место (ru) (jákornoje mésto) n, место (ru) (mésto) n (у прича́ла), причал (ru) (pričál) m
• Spanish: amarra (es) f

position on a ship

• Bulgarian: длъжност (bg) (dlǎžnost)

• Russian: должность (ru) (dólžnostʹ) f, место (ru) (mésto) n

position in a tournament

• Russian: место (ru) (mésto) n

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) (zakotvjam), акостирам (bg) (akostiram)
• Dutch: aanmeren (nl), aanleggen (nl)
• Finnish: rantautua (fi), kiinnittyä (fi)
• German: anlegen (de)

• Portuguese: atracar (pt)
• Russian: причаливать (ru) (pričálivatʹ) impf., причалить (ru) (pričálitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: atraque (es)