Meaning

1 senses
  1. A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.

    Drachenboot

    драгонбо́тdragonbót

Examples

3 sentences
  1. During the Dragon Boat Festival, there needs to be a dragon boat race.

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  2. The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan.

    deDas Drachenbootfest dient dem Andenken Qu Yuans.

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  3. The women row together in an old Chinese shell called a dragon boat, which contains seats for twenty rowers.

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Translations

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a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals:

Origin

Calque from Chinese 龍船/龙船 (lóngchuán).

Calque from Chinese 龍船/龙船 (lóngchuán).

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Forms

plural: dragon boats
Singulardragon boat
Pluraldragon boats

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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