Meaning

5 senses
  1. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

    You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.

    Pirat, Seeräuber, Korsar

    пира́тpirát, пира́ткаpirátka, корса́рkorsár

    піра́тpirát

    someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

  2. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

    Piratenschiff

    пиратский корабльpiratskij korablʹ

  3. (broadly)One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.

    Pirat, Raubkopierer

    пира́тpirát

  4. A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

  5. A kind of marble in children's games.

Examples

163 sentences
  1. Blackbeard was a very famous pirate.

    Чорна Борода був дуже знаменитим піратом. — deniko

  2. Tom's great-great-grandfather was a pirate.

    Пра-прадід Тома був піратом. — deniko

    ruПрапрадед Тома был пиратом. — odexed

    deToms Ururgroßvater war Pirat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Why don't we pretend that we're pirates?

    Чому б нам не вдати з себе піратів? — deniko

  4. Tom showed up at the party dressed as a pirate.

    Том прийшов на вечірку вдягнений як пірат. — oromashka

  5. You look like a pirate.

    Ти схожий на пірата. — miketheknight

    ruТы похож на пирата. — marafon

    deDu siehst wie ein Pirat aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who plunders at sea:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who plunders at sea:
armed ship:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
one who plunders at sea:
armed ship:
one who breaks intellectual property laws:

Origin

From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pira

From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking".

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Forms

plural: pirates
Singularpirate
Pluralpirates

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a ship that is manned by pirates:pirate ship
  • someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation:buccaneersea robbersea rover
  • someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were their own:plagiaristplagiarizerplagiariserliterary pirate

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • as a pirate
  • like a pirate
  • was a pirate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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