ship
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boatA water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
» I work for a shipping company.
Ich arbeite für eine Reederei. — Yorwba
Я работаю в транспортной компании. — Biga
Я працюю у транспортній компанії. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
9 sensesA water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Schiff
кора́бльkoráblʹ, су́дноsúdno, парохо́дparoxód
корабе́льkorabélʹ, судно́sudnó
(in compounds)A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Schiff
кора́бльkoráblʹ
(in compounds)A spaceship.
A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
The third card of the Lenormand deck.
(dated)An aircraft.
(slang)A romantic pairing of two or more characters or real people, especially one imagined by fans.
(archaic, formal)A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
- a vessel that carries passengers or freight
Examples
1430 sentencesI work for a shipping company.
Я працюю у транспортній компанії. — deniko
ruЯ работаю в транспортной компании. — Biga
deIch arbeite für eine Reederei. — Yorwba
The captain controls the whole ship.
Капітан керує цілим кораблем. — leyla
ruКапитан контролирует весь корабль. — Lenin_1917
deDer Kapitän kontrolliert das ganze Schiff. — xtofu80
I'm the captain of this ship.
Я капітан цього корабля. — deniko
ruЯ капитан этого корабля. — Selena777
deIch bin der Kapitän dieses Schiffes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I wonder who named this ship.
Цікаво, хто дав цьому кораблю назву? — deniko
ruИнтересно, кто назвал этот корабль. — odexed
Where did that ship come from?
Звідки прибув цей корабель? — deniko
deWoher ist das Schiff gekommen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chip, schepe, schip, schup, scip, scippe, ship, shup, ssip, from Old EFrom Middle English chip, schepe, schip, schup, scip, scippe, ship, shup, ssip, from Old English sċip, sċyp, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship; tub, vessel”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). More at shift.
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Forms
plural: shipsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
183 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Short and long vowels — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- board the ship
- aboard the ship
- on the ship
- on this ship
- to the ship
- the ship sank
- ship that sank
- sinking ship
- ship sank
- on a ship
- the ship that
- of the ship
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.