sailor

See also: Sailor

English

Alternative forms

• sailour (obsolete)

Etymology

Originally an alternative spelling of sailer, the agent noun of sail, which first saw use in the 16th century. Equivalent to sail +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪlɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪlə/
• Hyphenation: sail‧or

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

sailor (plural sailors)

1. A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
2. someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships

   he's a talented sailor

3. A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
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dreaming of northern shores
lost galleons on the sea
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1. a person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation; see also yachtsman.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:sailor

Derived terms

• mouth of a sailor

Translations

worker on a ship

• Arabic: بَحَّار‎ m (baḥḥār)
• Armenian: նավաստի (hy) (navasti)
• Asturian: marineru m, marín m
• Azerbaijani: dənizçi (az)
• Belarusian: матро́с m (matrós)
• Breton: martolod (br)
• Bulgarian: моря́к (bg) m (morják)
• Catalan: marí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水手 (zh) (shuǐshǒu), 海員 (zh), 海员 (zh) (hǎiyuán)

• Czech: námořník (cs) m
• Danish: sømand (da) c, matros c
• Dutch: matroos (nl) m
• Esperanto: maristo, maristino
• Faroese: sjómaður m
• Finnish: matruusi (fi), merimies (fi)
• French: matelot (fr) m, marin (fr) m
• Galician: mariñeiro (gl) m
• Georgian: მეზღვაური (mezɣvauri)
• German: Matrose (de) m, Seemann (de) m
• Greek: ναύτης (el) m (náftis), ναυτικός (el) m (naftikós)

  Ancient: ναύτης m (naútēs)

• Hebrew: מלח‎ (he) m (malaħ), יוֹרֵד יָם‎ (he) m (yored yam)
• Hungarian: matróz (hu), tengerész (hu), hajós (hu)
• Icelandic: sjómaður (is) m, sjóari m
• Ido: maristo (io)
• Indonesian: pelayar (id), pelaut (id)
• Istriot: mareîtimo m
• Italian: marinaio (it) m, marittimo (it) m, navigante (it) m
• Japanese: 船員 (ja) (せんいん, sen'in), 水夫 (すいふ, suifu), 船乗り (ふなのり, funanori), 水兵 (ja) (すいへい, suihei), セーラー (sērā)
• Khmer: កម្មករនាវា (kamma’ kɑɑ nievie)
• Korean: 선원 (ko) (seonwon), 수병 (ko) (subyeong)
• Latin: nauta (la) m
• Latvian: jūrnieks m, jūrniece f, kuģinieks m, kuģiniece f
• Ligurian: mainâ m

• Lithuanian: jūreivis m, jūreivė f
• Malay: anak kapal, kelasi
• Maltese: baħri m
• Manx: marrinagh m
• Maori: kaumoana, hēramana (transliteration from English)
• Mongolian: далайчин (mn) (dalajčin)
• Navajo: táłkááʼ siláo, chʼah łigai
• Norman: frégatîn m
• Norwegian: matros m, sjømann m
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Old Portuguese: marinneiro m
• Oriya: ନାବିକ (or) (nābika)
• Persian: ملاح‎ (fa) (malah)
• Polish: marynarz (pl) m, żeglarz (pl) m, żeglarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: marinheiro (pt) m, marujo (pt) m
• Romanian: marinar (ro) m, matelot (ro) m, matroz (ro) m
• Russian: матро́с (ru) m (matrós), моря́к (ru) m (morják)
• Scottish Gaelic: seòladair m, loingear m, muireach m, maraiche m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: морнар m, поморац m

  Roman: mornar (sh) m, pomorac (sh) m

• Sindhi: سيلاني‎
• Slovak: námornik m
• Spanish: marinero (es) m
• Swahili: baharia (sw)
• Swedish: matros (sv) c, sjöman (sv)
• Telugu: నావికుడు (te) m (nāvikuḍu)
• Thai: กะลาสี (th) (gà-laa-sǐi), ลูกเรือ
• Tok Pisin: boskru
• Turkish: mellah (tr), bahriyeli (tr), seylani, bahhar, kalyoncu (tr)
• Ukrainian: матрос m (matrós)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: morwr (cy)
• Yiddish: שיפֿער‎ m (shifer), שיפֿערין‎ f (shiferin)

person who sails as a sport

• Danish: sejler (da) c
• Hebrew: שַׁיָּט‎ (he) m (shayat)
• Italian: navigatore (it) m, velista (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seiler m, segler m

  Nynorsk: seglar m, siglar m

• Polish: żeglarz (pl) m, żeglarka (pl) f

See also

• sailor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lascar

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