Meaning

2 senses
  1. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

    Would you like to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?

    You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?

    Yacht, Jacht

    я́хтаjáxta

    я́хтаjáxta

  2. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

    Yacht, Jacht

    an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Our yacht club has ten members.

    В нашому яхт-клубі десять учасників. — aandrusiak

    ruВ нашем яхт-клубе десять членов. — ae5s

    deUnser Jachtklub hat zehn Mitglieder. — MUIRIEL

  2. Many yachts are in the harbor.

    У порту багато яхт. — deniko

    deIm Hafen liegen viele Jachten. — Tamy

  3. I want to buy a yacht.

    Я хочу купити яхту. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу купить яхту. — marafon

  4. I'm going to buy a yacht.

    Я куплю яхту. — deniko

    ruЯ куплю яхту. — marafon

  5. I don't want to buy a yacht.

    Я не хочу купувати яхту. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу покупать яхту. — Selena777

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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slick and light ship:
Deutsch
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slick and light ship:

Origin

Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jac

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”).

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Forms

plural: yachts
Singularyacht
Pluralyachts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing:racing yacht

Word family

32 related words

See also

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