Noah's ark

English

Alternative forms

• Noah's Ark Often capitalized, as it is a proper noun. Sometimes written as if ark is meant as a common noun.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Noah's ark

1. The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran.

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Translations

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis

• Arabic: سَفِينَة نُوح f (safīnat nūḥ)
• Armenian: Նոյան տապան (Noyan tapan)
• Basque: Noeren ontzia
• Belarusian: Но́еў каўчэ́г m (Nójeŭ kaŭčéh)
• Bulgarian: Ноев ковчег m (Noev kovčeg)
• Catalan: arca de Noè f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諾亞方舟／诺亚方舟 (zh) (Nuòyà Fāngzhōu), 诺亚方舟 (zh) (Nuòyǎ fāngzhōu)

• Czech: Noemova archa f
• Danish: Noas ark
• Dutch: Ark van Noach
• Esperanto: Arkeo de Noa
• Estonian: Noa laev
• Faroese: Nóa ørk f
• Finnish: Nooan arkki
• French: arche de Noé f
• Galician: arca de Noé
• Georgian: ნოეს კიდობანი (noes ḳidobani)
• German: Arche Noah f
• Greek: Κιβωτός του Νώε f (Kivotós tou Nóe)
• Hebrew: תֵבַת נוֹחַ (he)
• Hungarian: Noé bárkája (hu)
• Ido: archo (io)
• Indonesian: Bahtera Nuh
• Irish: Áirc Naoi m
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• Italian: arca di Noè f
• Japanese: ノアの箱舟 (Noa no hakobune)
• Korean: 노아의 방주 (Noa-ui bangju)
• Latin: Arca Noë f
• Latvian: Noasa šķirsts m
• Lithuanian: Nojaus arka f
• Malay: Bahtera Nabi Nuh
• Norwegian: Noas ark m
• Persian: کشتی نوح (Kašti-ye Nuh)
• Polish: arka Noego (pl) f
• Portuguese: Arca de Noé f
• Romanian: Arca lui Noe f
• Russian: Но́ев ковче́г m (Nójev kovčég)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Àirc m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ноина Арка f

  Roman: Noina Arka f

• Slovak: Noemova archa f
• Slovene: Noetova barka f
• Spanish: arca de Noé (es)
• Swedish: Noas ark
• Tagalog: arka ni Noe
• Turkish: Nuh'un gemisi (tr)
• Ukrainian: Но́їв ковче́г m (Nójiv kovčéh)
• Welsh: Arch Noa m

Noun

Noah's ark (plural Noah's arks)

1. A toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it.
2. A small bivalve mollusc, .
3. (Australia, rhyming slang) A shark.
4. (Australia, rhyming slang, obsolete) A nark (spoilsport).

Synonyms

• Noah (abbreviation)
• Noah's (abbreviation)

Further reading

• “Noah's ark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Khorasan, korhaans