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Jun 29th 2013, 00:25, by Lo Ximiendo

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* German: {{t+|de|Yacht|f}}, {{t+|de|Jacht|f}}

 

* German: {{t+|de|Yacht|f}}, {{t+|de|Jacht|f}}

 

* Greek: {{t+|el|γιοτ|n|tr=yiot}}

 

* Greek: {{t+|el|γιοτ|n|tr=yiot}}

* Hindi: {{t-|hi|याख़्ट|tr=yāḵẖṭ}}

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* Hindi: {{t-|hi|याख़्ट|tr=yāxṭ}}

 

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|jacht}}

 

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|jacht}}

 

* Icelandic: {{t-|is|snekkja|f}}

 

* Icelandic: {{t-|is|snekkja|f}}

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* Slovene: {{t-|sl|jahta|f}}

 

* Slovene: {{t-|sl|jahta|f}}

 

* Spanish: {{t+|es|yate|m}}

 

* Spanish: {{t+|es|yate|m}}

* {{trreq|Swedish}}

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* {{trreq|sv}}

 

* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yat}}

 

* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yat}}

 

* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|du thuyền}}

 

* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|du thuyền}}


Latest revision as of 00:25, 29 June 2013

Contents

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe ("light, fast-sailing ship"), from obsolete Dutch jaght(e) ("hunt") (modern jacht), short for jaghtschip, jageschip ("light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship"), literally, "pursuit ship", compound of jagen ("to hunt, chase") and schip ("ship") (see ship), from Proto-Germanic *jagōną (cf. West Frisian jeie, German jagen, Swedish jaga), from Proto-Indo-European *yegʰo- (compare Irish éad ("jealousy"), Russian ярый (âryj, "furious"), Albanian gjah ("hunt"), Ancient Greek ζητέω (zētéō, "to search, seek"), Sanskrit यवन (yāvana, "barbarian; agressor"), यत्न (yātna, "zeal")).

In the 16th century the Dutch built light, fast ships to chase the ships of pirates and smugglers from the coast. The ship was introduced to England in 1660 when the Dutch East India Company presented one to King Charles II, who used it as a pleasure boat, after which it was copied by British shipbuilders as a pleasure craft for wealthy gentlemen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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 (Wikipedia).
    "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.
    • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 6, The Younger Set[1]:
      "I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, [] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, [] the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, … !"

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

slick and light ship

any private noncommercial vessel

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Verb[edit]

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.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]


Etymology[edit]

From English yacht, from Dutch.

Noun[edit]

yacht m (plural yachts)

  1. Yacht.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

English

Noun[edit]

yacht m (invariable)

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

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

yacht c

  1. yacht

Declension[edit]

Declension of yacht

singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative yacht yachten yachter yachterna
genitive yachts yachtens yachters yachternas

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