shipwreck

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/, 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.

Translations

vessel

Czech: vrak (cs) m. Finnish: hylky (fi) French: épave (fr) f.

German: Schiffswrack (de) n. Greek: ναυάγιο (el) (navágio) n. Spanish: naufragio (es) m.

event

Breton: peñse (br) m. Croatian: brȍdolom (hr) m. Czech: ztroskotání (cs) n. Dutch: schipbreuk (nl) c. Finnish: haaksirikko (fi) French: naufrage (fr) m.

German: Schiffbruch (de) m. Greek: ναυάγιο (el) (navágio) n. Macedonian: бродолом (mk) (bródolom) m. Portuguese: naufrágio (pt) m. Russian: кораблекрушение (ru) n. Spanish: naufragio (es) m.

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Dutch: schipbreuk 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

Czech: ztroskotat (cs) Finnish: haaksirikkoutua (fi)

French: naufrage (fr) m. Spanish: naufragar (es)

See also

• castaway