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Definition of yacht noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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- 1.1 Etymology
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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
- ( UK ) enPR : yŏt , IPA ( key ) : /jɒt/
- ( US ) enPR : yät , IPA ( key ) : /jɑːt/ , /jɑt/
| Audio ( ): | ( ) |
- Rhymes: -ɒt
yacht ( plural yachts )
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode , New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. , →OCLC : The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers , chapter VI, in The Younger Set , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC : “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, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
Derived terms
- motor yacht , motoryacht , MY
- sailing yacht , steam yacht , SY
- yacht person
Translations
| (yaḵt) (yaḵt) (zbosanav) (jáxta) (jáhta) (rwakhle) (tsiyu) (yóutǐng) , , , (iaxṭa) , (giot), (thalamigós) (yakhta) (yāxṭ) , (yotto) (äxta) (tuuk kɑmsaan) (yoteu) (yahta) (hư̄a bai) (jahta) (darvuult ongoc) (yât) (jáxta) , , (rʉʉa-bai), , (jáxta) , |
| (jahta) , (thalamigós) (yakhta) (fune), (bōto) , |
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 .
| (darvuult ongocoor javax) |
- Cathy , tachy , tachy- , yatch
Borrowed from English yacht , from Dutch jacht .
- IPA ( key ) : /jɔt/ , /jot/ , ( Canada ) /jat/
| Audio: | ( ) |
yacht m ( plural yachts )
Further reading
- “ yacht ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .
Unadapted borrowing from English yacht .
- IPA ( key ) : /ˈjɔt/ [ 1 ]
- Rhymes: -ɔt
yacht m ( invariable )
- the letter Y in the Italian spelling alphabet
- ^ yacht in Luciano Canepari , Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- yacht in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Borrowed from English yacht .
yacht ? ( plural yachts )
- ( Jersey ) yacht
Norwegian Bokmål
From Dutch jacht , via English yacht .
yacht m ( definite singular yachten , indefinite plural yachter , definite plural yachtene )
- “yacht” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
yacht m ( definite singular yachten , indefinite plural yachtar , definite plural yachtane )
- “yacht” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Alternative forms
yacht c
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| I yacht |
| you yacht |
| he/she/it yachts |
| we yacht |
| you yacht |
| they yacht |
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| I yachted |
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| I am yachting |
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| I was yachting |
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| I had yachted |
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| I will yacht |
| you will yacht |
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| I will be yachting |
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| you had been yachting |
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| I would yacht |
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| - an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing , - a craft designed for water transportation | ||
| - travel in a yacht , , - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place - ride in a boat on water |
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yacht: [noun] any of various recreational watercraft: such as. a sailboat used for racing. a large usually motor-driven craft used for pleasure cruising.
YACHT definition: 1. a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure…. Learn more.
Definition of yacht noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
YACHT meaning: 1. a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or travelling on for pleasure…. Learn more.
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 ...
Yacht definition: a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.. See examples of YACHT used in a sentence.
3 meanings: 1. a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc 2. → short for sand yacht, ice.... Click for more definitions.
YACHT definition: a large boat with sails used for pleasure or in races: . Learn more.
yacht: 1 n an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing Synonyms: racing yacht Type of: vessel , watercraft a craft designed for water transportation v travel in a yacht Type of: boat ride in a boat on water
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Other sports yacht /jɒt $ jɑːt/ noun [ countable] a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport, especially one that has a place where you can sleep → sailing boat, sailboat Examples from the Corpus yacht • We provide a comprehensive range of sizes to suit every yacht ...
a boat or small ship, usually with sails, often with an engine, built and used for racing or cruising. We spent our holidays on a friend's yacht; (also adjective) a yacht race. the pastime of sailing in a yacht. a person who sails a yacht. a keen yachtsman.
Yacht definition: Any of various relatively small, streamlined sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing. Dictionary Thesaurus Sentences Grammar ... Other Word Forms of Yacht Noun Singular: yacht. Plural: yachts. Origin of Yacht ...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun yacht. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. ... The earliest known use of the noun yacht is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for yacht is from before 1584, in the writing of S. Borough. yacht is a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch jaght(e.
yacht (noun) yachting (noun) yacht / ˈ jɑːt/ noun. plural yachts. Britannica Dictionary definition of YACHT. [count] : a large boat that is used for racing or pleasure. a sailing yacht. — see picture at boat.
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yacht in British English. (jɒt ) noun. 1. a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc. 2. short for sand yacht, ice yacht. verb. 3. (intransitive) to sail or cruise in a yacht.
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What does the noun land-yacht mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun land-yacht. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. ... The earliest known use of the noun land-yacht is in the 1920s. OED's earliest evidence for land-yacht is from 1928, in the Daily Express. land-yacht is formed within English, ...
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