Yacht

noun

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?"

Etymology

The term yacht is believed to originate from Old Dutch jagt, (modern Dutch jacht), meaning a hunt or a chase, from the verb jagen, related to German jagen and Danish jage, meaning to hunt.

Translations

• Català: iot m
• Dutch: jacht n
• Esperanto: jaĥto
• French: yacht m
• German: Jacht f, Yacht f
• Greek: θαλαμηγός f, γιώτ n
• Spanish: yate m
• Turkish: yat [-tı]