lightship

English

Alternative forms

• light-ship

Etymology

From light (noun) +‎ ship (noun). Cognate with Middle Low German lüchteschip (“lightship”), Dutch lichtschip (“lightship”).

Noun

lightship (plural lightships)

1. (nautical) A vessel riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.

Synonyms

• lightboat
• lightvessel

Translations

lightship

• Bulgarian: кораб-фар m (korab-far), плаващ фар m (plavašt far)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灯塔船 (dēngtǎchuán)

• Czech: majáková loď f
• Danish: fyrskib n
• Dutch: lichtschip (nl) n
• Esperanto: lumŝipo
• Faroese: vitaskip n
• Finnish: majakka-alus, majakkalaiva
• French: bateau-phare (fr) m, bateau-feu (fr) m
• Georgian: გემ-შუქურა (gem-šukura)
• German: Feuerschiff (de) n
• Greek: φαρόπλοιο (el) n (faróploio), καραβοφάναρο (el) n (karavofánaro)
• Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת־ מִגְדַּלּוֹר f ('oniyá migdalór)
• Icelandic: vitaskip n
• Irish: long sholais f
• Italian: nave-faro f
• Japanese: 灯台船 (とうだいせん, tōdaisen)
• Korean: 등선 (deungseon)
• Latvian: peldošā bāka f
• Macedonian: брод све́тилник m (brod svétilnik), све́тлосен брод m (svétlosen brod)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fyrskip n

  Nynorsk: fyrskip n

• Polish: latarniowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: navio-farol (pt) m
• Romanian: navă-far f
• Russian: плаву́чий мая́к (ru) m (plavúčij maják)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бро̑д-свјетио̀нӣк m, лигхтсхип m, ла̏јтшӣп m

  Roman: brȏd-svjetiònīk m, lightship (sh) m, lȁjtšīp m

• Slovak: majáková loď f
• Slovene: svetilniška ladja f
• Spanish: buque faro m
• Swedish: fyrskepp (sv) n, fyrfartyg (sv) n
• Ukrainian: плавучий маяк m (plavučyj majak)

See also

• lighter (type of boat)