catamaran

== English == === Etymology === From Tamil கட்டுமரம் (kaṭṭumaram), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) +‎ மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/, /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/ (Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/, /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/ === Noun === catamaran (plural catamarans) A twin-hulled ship or boat. (colloquial, rare, obsolete) A quarrelsome woman; a scold. (obsolete) A raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling. 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 90: Three or four strange-looking things now came close to our boat, which I understood were called ‘catamarans’, consisting of nothing more than two or three large trees, the trunk part only strongly lashed together, upon which sat two men nearly in a state of nature […] . (obsolete) An old kind of fireship. ==== Synonyms ==== (twin-hulled ship or boat): twinhull, cat ==== Hypernyms ==== (twin-hulled ship or boat): multihull ==== Hyponyms ==== (twin-hulled ship or boat): AC45, AC72 ==== Coordinate terms ==== monohull outrigger canoe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== trimaran ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: catamarà → French: catamaran→ Romanian: catamaran → Portuguese: catamarã → Spanish: catamarán → Welsh: catamarán ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English catamaran, from Tamil கட்டுமரம் (kaṭṭumaram). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/ Homophone: catamarans === Noun === catamaran m (plural catamarans) catamaran, a twinhulled ship or boat ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: catamaran === Further reading === “catamaran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English catamaran, from Tamil. === Noun === catamaran m (plural catamarans) (Jersey) catamaran == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French catamaran, from English catamaran, from Tamil கட்டுமரம் (kaṭṭumaram). === Noun === catamaran n (plural catamarane) catamaran ==== Declension ====