regatta

English

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta (“contention for mastery”), from regattare (“compete, haggle, sell at retail”), possibly from ricattare; or from Italian regata (“boat race, regatta”), via Vulgar Latin *aurigata from Latin auriga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈɡætə/, /ɹɪˈɡɑtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætə
• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

regatta (countable and uncountable, plural regattas or regatte)

1. (countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

     […] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.

   • 1999, Oli Rosenbladt, “Virginia Women Sweep Rivanna Romp”, in Rowing News, volume 6, number 21, page 8:

     The novice eights race demonstrated one of the reasons UVa manages to be so good year after year; the UVa novs finished first and second in the event, while Clemson's novice crew, the surprise of the regatta, took third.

2. A striped cotton fabric.
3. (collective) A group of swans on the water.
   • 2026, Mick Vincent, It's Our Secret‎^[1], Troubadour Publishing Limited:

     As he quietly planned out the unfolding day ahead of him, his attention was drawn to a regatta of swans drawing close to the bank of the river.

   • 1972, Ernest George Schwiebert, Remembrances of Rivers Past‎^[2], Macmillan, page 15:

     The mind returns to water meadows on the Risle and the Test, and the Traun with its petulant regatta of swans, where we fished from the timber walkways and stayed in the little fishing hotel at Marien- brucke.

   • 1975, The Salmon and Trout Magazine‎^[3], volumes 203-207, Salmon and Trout Association, page 8:

     A succession of mild winters which encouraged the recovery of kingfishers enabled some waters to restock again with a regatta of swans where there is willow-moss and other vegetation to feed them.

Derived terms

• Regatta Point

Translations

boat race

• Bulgarian: регата f (regata)
• Czech: regata f
• Finnish: purjehduskilpailu, regatta
• French: régate (fr) f
• Greek: ρεγκάτα (el) f (regkáta)
• Hebrew: רֶגָטָה (he) f (regatta), תַּחֲרוּת שַׁיִט (he) f (takharut shayit)
• Malay: regata (ms), perlumbaan perahu
• Malayalam: വള്ളംകളി (vaḷḷaṅkaḷi)
• Māori: whakataetae waka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regatta m

  Nynorsk: regatta m

• Polish: regaty (pl) f pl
• Spanish: regata (es) f

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian regatta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreɡɑtːɑ/, [ˈre̞ɡɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eɡɑtːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): re‧gat‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): re‧gat‧ta

Noun

regatta

1. regatta (boat race)

Declension

Inflection of regatta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt–t gradation)
nominative		regatta	regatat
genitive		regatan	regattojen
partitive		regattaa	regattoja
illative		regattaan	regattoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		regatta	regatat
accusative	nom.	regatta	regatat
	gen.	regatan
genitive		regatan	regattojen regattain rare
partitive		regattaa	regattoja
inessive		regatassa	regatoissa
elative		regatasta	regatoista
illative		regattaan	regattoihin
adessive		regatalla	regatoilla
ablative		regatalta	regatoilta
allative		regatalle	regatoille
essive		regattana	regattoina
translative		regataksi	regatoiksi
abessive		regatatta	regatoitta
instructive		—	regatoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of regatta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt–t gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative regattani regattani accusative nom. regattani regattani gen. regattani genitive regattani regattojeni regattaini rare partitive regattaani regattojani inessive regatassani regatoissani elative regatastani regatoistani illative regattaani regattoihini adessive regatallani regatoillani ablative regataltani regatoiltani allative regatalleni regatoilleni essive regattanani regattoinani translative regatakseni regatoikseni abessive regatattani regatoittani instructive — — comitative — regattoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative regattasi regattasi accusative nom. regattasi regattasi gen. regattasi genitive regattasi regattojesi regattaisi rare partitive regattaasi regattojasi inessive regatassasi regatoissasi elative regatastasi regatoistasi illative regattaasi regattoihisi adessive regatallasi regatoillasi ablative regataltasi regatoiltasi allative regatallesi regatoillesi essive regattanasi regattoinasi translative regataksesi regatoiksesi abessive regatattasi regatoittasi instructive — — comitative — regattoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative regattamme regattamme accusative nom. regattamme regattamme gen. regattamme genitive regattamme regattojemme regattaimme rare partitive regattaamme regattojamme inessive regatassamme regatoissamme elative regatastamme regatoistamme illative regattaamme regattoihimme adessive regatallamme regatoillamme ablative regataltamme regatoiltamme allative regatallemme regatoillemme essive regattanamme regattoinamme translative regataksemme regatoiksemme abessive regatattamme regatoittamme instructive — — comitative — regattoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative regattanne regattanne accusative nom. regattanne regattanne gen. regattanne genitive regattanne regattojenne regattainne rare partitive regattaanne regattojanne inessive regatassanne regatoissanne elative regatastanne regatoistanne illative regattaanne regattoihinne adessive regatallanne regatoillanne ablative regataltanne regatoiltanne allative regatallenne regatoillenne essive regattananne regattoinanne translative regataksenne regatoiksenne abessive regatattanne regatoittanne instructive — — comitative — regattoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative regattansa regattansa accusative nom. regattansa regattansa gen. regattansa genitive regattansa regattojensa regattainsa rare partitive regattaansa regattojaan regattojansa inessive regatassaan regatassansa regatoissaan regatoissansa elative regatastaan regatastansa regatoistaan regatoistansa illative regattaansa regattoihinsa adessive regatallaan regatallansa regatoillaan regatoillansa ablative regataltaan regataltansa regatoiltaan regatoiltansa allative regatalleen regatallensa regatoilleen regatoillensa essive regattanaan regattanansa regattoinaan regattoinansa translative regatakseen regataksensa regatoikseen regatoiksensa abessive regatattaan regatattansa regatoittaan regatoittansa instructive — — comitative — regattoineen regattoinensa

Further reading

• “regatta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• regatat

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta.

Noun

regatta m (definite singular regattaen, indefinite plural regattaer, definite plural regattaene)

1. (nautical, sailing) a regatta

Synonyms

• seilas

References

• “regatta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta.

Noun

regatta m (definite singular regattaen, indefinite plural regattaer or regattaar, definite plural regattaene or regattaane)

1. (nautical, sailing) a regatta

References

• “regatta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian regata.

Noun

regatta c

1. (nautical, sailing) regatta

Declension

Declension of regatta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	regatta	regattas
	definite	regattan	regattans
plural	indefinite	regattor	regattors
	definite	regattorna	regattornas

Further reading

• “regatta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• regatta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• regatta in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)