yacht

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Dutch jacht from Old Dutch jagt, short for jaghtschip (“‘ship for chasing’”), from jagen, related to German jagen and Danish jage (“‘to hunt’”).

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• IPA: /jɒt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Noun

yacht (plural yachts)

1. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

   "Would you like to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?"

   "You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?"

2. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

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• ice yacht
• land yacht
• motor yacht, MY
• sailing yacht, steam yacht, SY
• yacht club
• yachter
• yachting
• yachtless
• yachtsman

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to yacht (third-person singular simple present yachts, present participle yachting, simple past and past participle yachted)

1. (intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

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• Alphagram: achty
• Cathy

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[edit] French

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From English yacht < Dutch.

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yacht m. (plural yachts)

1. Yacht.

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[edit] Italian

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English

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yacht m. inv.

1. yacht
2. The letter Y in the Italian phonetic alphabet