boat

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą (“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”) (whence also fissure via Latin). Cognate with Old Norse beit (“boat”), Middle Dutch beitel (“little boat”). Old Norse bátr (whence Icelandic bátur, Norwegian båt, Danish båd), Dutch boot, German Boot, Occitan batèl and French bateau are all ultimately borrowings from the Old English word. Compare typologically ship << Proto-Indo-European *skey-; Russian долблёнка (dolbljónka) (< долби́ть (dolbítʹ)), Russian чёлн (čoln) (akin to коло́ть (kolótʹ)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bōt, IPA(key): /bəʊt/ Rhymes: -əʊt (General American) enPR: bōt, IPA(key): /boʊt/ === Noun === boat (plural boats) A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. Hypernyms: watercraft, vessel < vessel Coordinate term: ship (poker slang) A full house. A conveyance, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. (informal) A large and heavy car; the term connotes wasteful size. Near-synonyms: land yacht, sled (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat. (Australian politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (cellular automata) In Conway’s Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells. Alternative form of BOAT. ==== Usage notes ==== There is no explicit limit, but the word boat usually refers to a relatively small watercraft, smaller than a ship but larger than a dinghy. It is also the normal designation for a submarine (however large), and also for lakers (ships used in the Great Lakes trade in North America). ==== Synonyms ==== (craft on or in water): craft, ship, vessel ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Belizean Creole: boat → Esperanto: boato → Dhivehi: ބޯޓު (bōṭu) → Fijian: boto → Hijazi Arabic: بوت (bōt) → Japanese: ボート (bōto) → Malay: bot → Pitcairn-Norfolk: boet (Norfuk) → Sinhalese: බෝට්‍ටුව (bōṭṭuwa) → Swahili: boti → Scots: boat, bote (compare native bait, bate) → Tahitian: poti Tok Pisin: bot ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Category:Watercraft ==== References ==== Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN === Verb === boat (third-person singular simple present boats, present participle boating, simple past and past participle boated) (intransitive) To travel by boat. (transitive) To transport in a boat. (transitive, slang, obsolete) To transport (deport to a penal colony). (transitive) To place in a boat. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Bato, Tabo, atob == Belizean Creole == === Etymology === From English boat. === Noun === boat boat ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 58. == Finnish == === Noun === boat nominative plural of boa === Anagrams === abot == Latin == === Verb === boat third-person singular present active indicative of boō == Malay == === Alternative forms === buat === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buat/ Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at === Verb === boat (1701, used in the form berboat) obsolete form of buat == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boə̯t/ === Noun === boat n (plural boaten, diminutive boatsje or boatke) boat ==== Derived terms ==== stoomboat ûnderseeboat ==== Further reading ==== “boat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011