Ship in Different Languages
Discover 'Ship' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Ship
Afrikaans skip | ||
Albanian anije | ||
Amharic መርከብ | ||
Arabic سفينة | ||
Armenian նավ | ||
Assamese জাহাজ | ||
Aymara jach'a yampu | ||
Azerbaijani gəmi | ||
Bambara baton | ||
Basque ontzia | ||
Belarusian карабель | ||
Bengali জাহাজ | ||
Bhojpuri जहाज | ||
Bosnian brod | ||
Bulgarian кораб | ||
Catalan vaixell | ||
Cebuano barko | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 船 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 船 | ||
Corsican nave | ||
Croatian brod | ||
Czech loď | ||
Danish skib | ||
Dhivehi ބޯޓުފަހަރު | ||
Dogri ज्हाज | ||
Dutch schip | ||
English ship | ||
Esperanto ŝipo | ||
Estonian laev | ||
Ewe mɛli | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) barko | ||
Finnish alus | ||
French navire | ||
Frisian skip | ||
Galician barco | ||
Georgian გემი | ||
German schiff | ||
Greek πλοίο | ||
Guarani ygarata rehegua | ||
Gujarati વહાણ | ||
Haitian Creole bato | ||
Hausa jirgin ruwa | ||
Hawaiian moku | ||
Hebrew ספינה | ||
Hindi समुंद्री जहाज | ||
Hmong nkoj | ||
Hungarian hajó | ||
Icelandic skip | ||
Igbo ụgbọ mmiri | ||
Ilocano barko | ||
Indonesian kapal | ||
Irish long | ||
Italian nave | ||
Japanese 輸送する | ||
Javanese kapal | ||
Kannada ಹಡಗು | ||
Kazakh кеме | ||
Khmer នាវា | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwato | ||
Konkani जहाज | ||
Korean 배 | ||
Krio bot | ||
Kurdish gemî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەشتی | ||
Kyrgyz кеме | ||
Lao ເຮືອ | ||
Latin navis | ||
Latvian kuģis | ||
Lingala masuwa | ||
Lithuanian laivas | ||
Luganda emmeeri | ||
Luxembourgish schëff | ||
Macedonian брод | ||
Maithili जहाज | ||
Malagasy sambo | ||
Malay kapal | ||
Malayalam കപ്പൽ | ||
Maltese vapur | ||
Maori kaipuke | ||
Marathi जहाज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯖꯍꯥꯖ | ||
Mizo lawng | ||
Mongolian усан онгоц | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သင်္ဘော | ||
Nepali जहाज | ||
Norwegian skip | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sitimayo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜାହାଜ | ||
Oromo doonii | ||
Pashto بېړۍ | ||
Persian کشتی | ||
Polish statek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) navio | ||
Punjabi ਜਹਾਜ਼ | ||
Quechua wanpu | ||
Romanian navă | ||
Russian судно | ||
Samoan vaʻa | ||
Sanskrit नौका | ||
Scots Gaelic long | ||
Sepedi sekepe | ||
Serbian брод | ||
Sesotho sekepe | ||
Shona ngarava | ||
Sindhi ٻيڙي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නැව | ||
Slovak loď | ||
Slovenian ladja | ||
Somali markab | ||
Spanish embarcacion | ||
Sundanese kapal | ||
Swahili meli | ||
Swedish fartyg | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) barko | ||
Tajik киштӣ | ||
Tamil கப்பல் | ||
Tatar кораб | ||
Telugu ఓడ | ||
Thai เรือ | ||
Tigrinya መርከብ | ||
Tsonga xikepe | ||
Turkish gemi | ||
Turkmen gämi | ||
Twi (Akan) suhyɛn | ||
Ukrainian корабель | ||
Urdu جہاز | ||
Uyghur پاراخوت | ||
Uzbek kema | ||
Vietnamese tàu | ||
Welsh llong | ||
Xhosa inqanawa | ||
Yiddish שיף | ||
Yoruba ọkọ oju omi | ||
Zulu umkhumbi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans word "skip" derives from Dutch "schip" but has evolved to encompass meanings of "boat", "vessel", and even "spaceship". |
| Albanian | Anije is derived from the Illyrian word *anijā and is cognate with the Greek word ναῦς (naus). |
| Amharic | The Amharic word መርከብ ('ship') is related to the Ge'ez word መርከብ ('chariot') and the Arabic word مركب ('mount, vehicle'). |
| Arabic | The word "سفينة" can also refer to a type of cloud formation. |
| Armenian | "Նավ" also means "temple" in Armenian; both words come from the same Proto-Indo-European root, which originally meant "to hollow out." |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | The word "ontzia" in Basque is also used to refer to a container, a vessel, or a receptacle. |
| Belarusian | In Russian, the word "корабль" also means "starship". |
| Bengali | Bengali word "জাহাজ" (ship) shares the root with the Persian "darya" meaning "sea" and ultimately derives from the Greek "thalassa" meaning "sea". |
| Bosnian | In Serbian and Croatian, "brod" means both "ship" and "ford". |
| Bulgarian | The word "кораб" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *korabь, which also meant "cart" or "wagon". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "vaixell" derives from the Latin word "vascellum," meaning "small vessel" or "boat." |
| Cebuano | The word "barko" is thought to derive from the Malay word "perahu" meaning "boat" or "junk". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "船" originally meant a vehicle for conveying things, including carts, but its meaning was narrowed down to boats in the Song Dynasty. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Traditional Chinese character "船" can also mean "to transport" or "to ferry". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "nave" can also refer to the hub of a cartwheel, possibly due to its resemblance to the shape of a ship's hull. |
| Croatian | The word 'brod' originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- ('to carry'), and is also related to the English word 'ferry'. |
| Czech | "Loď" can also refer to an excavation hole or a hollowed-out trunk. |
| Danish | Skib is also a slang expression for 'drunk'. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "schip" is also used to refer to a variety of other types of vessels, including boats, barges, and ferries. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "ŝipo" also means "to break with a strong blow," similar to English "cleave". |
| Estonian | Laev is not only an Estonian word but is shared in similar form across most of the Finno-Ugric family of languages. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "alus" comes from the Proto-Finnic "alus" which also means "base" and "lower part". |
| French | The word 'navire' is derived from the Latin word 'navis', meaning 'ship', and can also refer to a spacecraft or an aircraft. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'skip' is derived from the Old Norse word 'skip' meaning 'ship', and also has the alternate meaning of 'barn'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "barco" comes from the Latin "barca," which can also refer to a small boat or a boat used for fishing. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "გემი" can also refer to a type of bread or a measurement of volume. |
| German | The German word "Schiff" is cognate with the English word "ship" and the Latin word "scapus" or "scapha," meaning "boat, vessel or shaft." |
| Greek | The word πλοίο derives from the Indo-European root *pleu-, meaning 'to float'. |
| Gujarati | The word 'વહાણ' ('ship') in Gujarati is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वाहन' ('vehicle'), and also refers to aircraft and spacecraft in more modern contexts. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "bato" in Haitian Creole is a borrowing from the French "bateau" which also means "boat". |
| Hausa | "Jirgin ruwa" (ship) is cognate with the Arabic word "safinah" and the English word "vessel". |
| Hawaiian | The word "moku" in Hawaiian can refer to both a ship, which is called 'moku ho'olohua', or a district, which is called 'moku' |
| Hebrew | The word ספינה has origins in the Greek word σκάφη and can also refer to a bowl, cup, or dish. |
| Hindi | "समुंद्री जहाज" literally means "ship of the ocean," with "समुंद्री" meaning "of the ocean" and "जहाज" meaning "ship." |
| Hmong | In the Hmong language, the word "nkoj" also means "a group of people who travel together". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "hajó" can also refer to a container, vessel or a craft, and is derived from the Slavic word "*korab". |
| Icelandic | "Skip" (ship) is derived from Old Icelandic "skip" (boat). |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "kapal" is derived from the Sanskrit word "kapala", meaning "skull" or "bowl". |
| Irish | "Long" in Irish, originally a type of ancient Celtic boat, later evolved to describe modern sailing vessels. |
| Italian | The Italian word "nave" can also refer to the central space of a church. |
| Japanese | The word "輸送する" is also used to mean "to convey," "to transport," or "to deliver." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "kapal" can also refer to a type of traditional Javanese headgear worn by women |
| Kannada | The word "ಹಡಗು" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "हडग" meaning "to go". |
| Kazakh | The word "кеме" in Kazakh not only means "ship" but also refers to a large wooden trough used for making dough. |
| Khmer | The word "នាវា" can also refer to a chariot, a plane, or even a space shuttle, highlighting its broader meaning beyond just watercraft. |
| Korean | In Korean, the word "배" (ship) can also refer to the stomach or a pear-shaped gourd. |
| Kurdish | In Akkadian, the word "gimmê " means "reed boat". This was borrowed into Old Persian with the meaning "ship" as "*gām-" and is the origin of the Kurdish word "gemî" |
| Kyrgyz | Historically, the Kyrgyz people have used the word “кеме” to refer to both boats (as a whole) and parts of the vessel (specifically, the hull). |
| Lao | The Lao word for ship, ເຮືອ, can also refer to a banana leaf used as a plate or a container for food. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'navis' also meant a temple and was the root of the word 'navy'. |
| Latvian | The word "kuģis" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keuǵʰ-, meaning "to bend" or "to curve." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "laivas" is cognate with the Latin word "navis" and the Old Church Slavonic word "ладья", meaning "boat or ship". |
| Luxembourgish | "Schëff" can also refer to a large container or a part of a building. |
| Macedonian | The word "брод" is a cognate of the Croatian word "brod" and the Slovene word "brod". |
| Malagasy | The word "sambo" also means "container" or "vessel" in Malagasy, suggesting its close association with the concept of transportation. |
| Malay | In Old Malay, 'kapal' could also refer to a type of wooden plank used to make boats and buildings. |
| Malayalam | "കപ്പൽ" may come from the Persian "kāpul" meaning "boat" or "small ship". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "vapur" is derived from the Italian word "vapore", meaning "steamboat", and originally referred to steamships. |
| Maori | The word "kaipuke" comes from the Maori words "kai" (eat) and "puke" (hill), referring to the idea of ships carrying food supplies. |
| Marathi | The word जहाज originates from the Sanskrit word जाहनव which refers to a large water body and is also the name of the river Ganga. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "усан онгоц" (ship) literally translates to "water wagon" or "water cart". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "သင်္ဘော" (ship) in Myanmar (Burmese) likely originated from the Sanskrit word "संस्था" (saṃsthā), meaning "establishment, institution, organization, assembly, society." |
| Nepali | The word "जहाज" originated from the Sanskrit word "यहाँ" ('here') and "जा" ('to go') as it is a vehicle that allows people to move across water. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "skip" is a cognate of the English word "ship" and can also mean "skipping" or "jumping over". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word sitimayo, or sitima, can mean a 'ship' or a 'canoe' |
| Pashto | The Pashto word “بېړۍ” originally meant boat, and derives from the Sanskrit “pīṛa” referring to a kind of boat. |
| Persian | In Persian, "کشتی" (ship) is also the term for "wrestling". |
| Polish | The word "statek" in Polish can also refer to a "land estate". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Navio" comes from Latin "navis", meaning "ship" or "vessel". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "navă" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *new-, meaning "to sail" or "to flow". |
| Russian | The Russian word "судно" (ship) derives from the root meaning "to carry" and can also refer to a vessel that carries a specific purpose, such as a warship or transport ship. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "vaʻa" comes from the Proto-Polynesian word "*waka", which also means "canoe" in many other Polynesian languages. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "long" can also refer to a sea loch or fjord. |
| Serbian | The Slavic word "брод" also refers to a "ford", meaning a shallow place in a river or stream where one can cross on foot or by horse. |
| Sesotho | The word "sekepe" in Sesotho is derived from the Bantu root "kepa," meaning "to travel by water." |
| Shona | In the Tonga language, the word "ngarava" has the primary meaning of "an ancient boat," extending the meaning of the word in Shona. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi ٻيڙي ultimately derives from Sanskrit वैतालिका and Prakrit वेडिल्लिया, which originally meant a type of bamboo raft. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "නැව" (ship) is also used to refer to "a large number" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "loď" also refers to the outer shell of a nut or fruit in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | Originally, "ladja" referred to a canoe and was the only native Slovenian word for watercraft until the adoption of "bark" from Germanic languages. |
| Somali | The word "markab" in Somali can also refer to a type of traditional boat used by fishermen and traders. |
| Spanish | The word "embarcacion" comes from the Latin word "imbarcare", which means "to go on board". |
| Sundanese | Though 'kapal' means 'ship' in Sundanese, it also figuratively means 'a person that is difficult to convince'. |
| Swahili | "Meli" has no alternate meanings, but it is a cognate with the Indonesian word "meli" (which also means "ship") and the Philippine word "bangka" (meaning "boat"). |
| Swedish | Fartyg derives from the Old Norse "far", meaning to travel. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Barko derives from the Sanskrit varga meaning 'group', 'class', or 'set'. |
| Tajik | The word "киштӣ" in Tajik can also mean "boat", "vessel", or "raft". |
| Tamil | The word |
| Telugu | "ఓడ" may also mean womb, or a vessel or receptacle in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "เรือ" also means a "vessel used for transportation on water" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Gemi" also means "a woman who has a wide and prominent hip structure" in Ottoman Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "корабель" also refers to a military ship or warship in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | جہاز derives from a Sanskrit word for 'boat' that is also cognate with the English 'yacht'. |
| Uzbek | The word "kema" in Uzbek means "ship" and also can be used to refer to a "boat" or a "vessel". |
| Vietnamese | Tàu can also refer to a train, a car, or a stage in a theatrical performance. |
| Welsh | The word "llong" is derived from the Proto-Celtic root *longo-, meaning "ship" or "boat." |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "inqanawa" is possibly derived from the Malay word "kandaraan", meaning "vehicle". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שיף" also means "sheep" and derives from the Middle High German word "schaf". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'umkhumbi' also refers to a large container for storing liquids, especially beer. |
| English | The word "ship" originates from the Old English word "scip", meaning "a boat or vessel". |