yacht

== English == === Etymology === Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jacht (“yacht; hunt”), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (“light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship”, literally “pursuit ship”), compound of jacht and schip (“ship”). 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 === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yŏt, IPA(key): /jɒt/ (US) enPR: yät, IPA(key): /jɑt/ Rhymes: -ɒt === Noun === yacht (plural yachts) (nautical) 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. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === yacht (third-person singular simple present yachts, present participle yachting, simple past and past participle yachted) (intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Cathy, tachy, tachy-, yatch == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English yacht, from Dutch jacht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɔt/, /jot/, (Canada) /jat/ === Noun === yacht m (plural yachts) yacht === Further reading === “yacht”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English yacht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɔt/ Rhymes: -ɔt === Noun === yacht m (invariable) yacht the letter Y in the Italian spelling alphabet === References === === Further reading === yacht in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English yacht. === Noun === yacht ? (plural yachts) (Jersey) yacht == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Dutch jacht, via English yacht. === Noun === yacht m (definite singular yachten, indefinite plural yachter, definite plural yachtene) a yacht === References === “yacht” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Dutch jacht, via English yacht. === Noun === yacht m (definite singular yachten, indefinite plural yachtar, definite plural yachtane) a yacht === References === “yacht” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Alternative forms === jakt === Etymology === Borrowed from English yacht. === Noun === yacht c yacht ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== lyxyacht segelyacht yachtklubb === Further reading === “yacht”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “yacht”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “yacht”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) yacht in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)