deck

See also: Deck and déck

English

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A ship with deck numbered 8.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

Middle English dekke, from Middle Dutch deck (“roof, covering”).

Noun

deck (plural decks)

1. Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
2. A pack or set of playing cards.
3. (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

   to swab the deck

4. A set of slides for a presentation.
   • 2011, David Kroenke, Donald Nilson, Office 365 in Business

     Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it.

Derived terms

Terms derived from deck (noun)

afterdeck below decks flight deck foredeck forward deck

lower deck poopdeck quarterdeck rear deck stern deck

Translations

any flat surface walked on

• Catalan: terra (ca) m
• Finnish: tasanne (fi)
• Hebrew: מרפסת (he) f (mirpéset)
• Maori: raho, rahoraho

• Russian: настил (ru) f (nastíl)
• Scottish Gaelic: deic f
• Spanish: piso (es) m, plataforma (es) f, balcón (es) m, terraza (es) f

pack of playing cards

• Bulgarian: тесте (bg) n (teste), колода f (koloda)
• Catalan: baralla (ca) f
• Dutch: spel kaarten n
• Esperanto: ludkartaro
• Estonian: kaardipakk
• Finnish: korttipakka (fi), pakka (fi)
• French: jeu de cartes (fr)
• German: Kartenstapel m, Kartenspiel (de) n
• Greek: τράπουλα (el) f (trápoula)
• Hebrew: חפיסת קלפים f (khafisát-klafím)
• Italian: mazzo (it) m

• Latin: fasciculus m
• Lithuanian: malka (lt) f, kaladė f
• Macedonian: шпил m (špil)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kortstokk (no) m, kortleik (no) m

  Nynorsk: kortleik m, kortstokk m

• Polish: talia (pl) f
• Portuguese: baralho (pt) m
• Russian: колода (ru) f (kolóda)
• Spanish: baraja (es) f
• Swedish: kortlek (sv) c, lek (sv) c

floorlike covering on a ship

• Bulgarian: палуба f (paluba)
• Catalan: coberta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲板 (zh) (jiǎbǎn)

• Czech: paluba (cs) f
• Danish: dæk n
• Dutch: dek (nl) n
• Esperanto: ferdeko (eo)
• Estonian: laevalagi
• Finnish: kansi (fi), täkki (fi)
• French: pont (fr) m
• German: Deck (de) n
• Greek: κατάστρωμα (el) n (katástroma), κουβέρτα (el) f (kouvérta)
• Hebrew: סיפון (he) m (sipún)
• Italian: ponte (it) m

• Japanese: デッキ (dekki), 甲板 (ja) (かんぱん, kanpan)
• Korean: 갑판 (gappan)
• Macedonian: палуба f (páluba)
• Maori: raho, rahoraho, papatakahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dekk n

  Nynorsk: dekk n

• Portuguese: convés (pt) m
• Russian: палуба (ru) f (páluba)
• Scottish Gaelic: deic f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏луба f

  Roman: pȁluba f

• Spanish: cubierta (es) f
• Swedish: däck (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: שקופיות f pl (shkufiót)

• Ido: ferdeko

Verb

deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)

1. (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
2. (slang) In a fight or brawl, to knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.

   Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?

Translations

to furnish with a deck, as a vessel

• Finnish: kattaa (fi)

(slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch

• Finnish: kaataa (fi)

• Japanese: 殴り倒す (なぐりたおす, naguritaosu)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”).

Verb

deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)

1. (transitive, sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 39

     They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.

   • Bible, Job xl. 10

     Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency.

   • Shakespeare

     Deck my body in gay ornaments.

2. (transitive, with out) To decorate (something).
   • Dryden

     The dew with spangles decked the ground.

3. To cover; to overspread.
   • Milton

     to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky

Usage notes

• See deck out

Translations

dress up — see dress up

decorate — see decorate

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛk]

Verb

deck

1. Imperative singular of decken.
2. (colloquial)First-person singular present of decken.

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Italian

Etymology

English deck

Noun

deck m (invariable)

1. tape deck