shipwreck

English

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Alternative forms

• shipwrack

Etymology

From Middle English schip-wracke, from Old English scipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship +‎ wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, v), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/, X-SAMPA: /"SIprEk/

Noun

shipwreck (plural shipwrecks)

1. A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
2. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

Derived terms

• shipwrecky

Synonyms

• shipbreach

Translations

A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.

• Czech: vrak (cs) m
• Dutch: scheepswrak (nl) n, wrak (nl) n
• Finnish: hylky (fi)
• French: épave (fr) f

• German: Schiffswrack (de) n
• Greek: ναυάγιο (el) (navágio) n
• Italian: relitto (it) m
• Spanish: pecio (es) m

An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

• Breton: peñse (br) m
• Catalan: naufragi (ca) m
• Czech: ztroskotání (cs) n
• Dutch: schipbreuk (nl) f
• Finnish: haaksirikko (fi)
• French: naufrage (fr) m
• German: Schiffbruch (de) m

• Greek: ναυάγιο (el) (navágio) n
• Italian: naufragio (it) m
• Macedonian: бродолом (mk) (bródolom) m
• Portuguese: naufrágio (pt) m
• Russian: кораблекрушение (ru) (korablekrušenije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: brȍdolom (sh) m
• Spanish: naufragio (es) m

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• Esperanto: ŝipruino
• Latin: naufragium
• Maltese: nawfraggu
• Serbo-Croatian: brodolom m

Verb

shipwreck (third-person singular simple present shipwrecks, present participle shipwrecking, simple past and past participle shipwrecked)

1. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

Translations

to wreck a vessel

• Catalan: naufragar (ca)
• Czech: ztroskotat (cs)
• Dutch: schipbreken (nl), schipbreuk lijden (nl)
• Finnish: haaksirikkoutua (fi)

• French: naufrager (fr)
• Italian: naufragare (it)
• Spanish: naufragar (es)

See also

• castaway