embark

English

Etymology

From Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪmˈbɑː(ɹ)k/, /ɛmˈbɑː(ɹ)k/, X-SAMPA: /Im"bA:(r)k/, /Em"bA:(r)k/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

Verb

embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)

1. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.

   All passengers please embark now.

2. To start, begin.

   Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

Antonyms

• disembark

Derived terms

• disembarcation
• disembarkee

Translations

to get on a boat

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 登船 (cmn) (dēngchuán)

• Czech: nalodit, nalodit se
• Finnish: nousta (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: einschiffen (de)
• Greek: εισβαινω (el) (eisvaino)

• Italian: imbarcare (it)
• Manx: cur er boayrd (gv)
• Maori: eke (mi)
• Portuguese: embarcar (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: садиться на корабль (ru) (sadít'sja na korábl')  impf., сесть на корабль (ru) (sest' na korábl')  pf.
• Spanish: embarcar (es)
• Turkish: binmek (tr)

to start

• Dutch: beginnen (nl)
• Finnish: aloittaa (fi), lähteä (fi)
• Italian: imbarcare (it)

• Portuguese: começar (pt)
• Russian: начинать (ru) (načinát')  impf., начать (ru) (načát')  pf.
• Spanish: embarcarse (es)

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• Maori: eke