# regatta
## English
### Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta (“contention for mastery”), from regattare (“compete, haggle, sell at retail”), possibly from ricattare; or from Italian regata (“boat race, regatta”), via Vulgar Latin *aurigata from Latin auriga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹɪˈɡætə/, /ɹɪˈɡɑtə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ætə
* Rhymes: -ɑːtə

### Noun

regatta (countable and uncountable, plural regattas or regatte)
* (countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
** 1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:[…] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.
** 1999, Oli Rosenbladt, “Virginia Women Sweep Rivanna Romp”, in Rowing News, volume 6, number 21, page 8:The novice eights race demonstrated one of the reasons UVa manages to be so good year after year; the UVa novs finished first and second in the event, while Clemson's novice crew, the surprise of the regatta, took third.
* A striped cotton fabric.

#### Derived terms

* Regatta Point

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian regatta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreɡɑtːɑ/, [ˈre̞ɡɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eɡɑtːɑ
* Hyphenation: re‧gat‧ta

### Noun

regatta
* regatta (boat race)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of regatta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
regattani
regattani
accusative
nom.
regattani
regattani
gen.
regattani
genitive
regattani
regattojeni regattaini $^{rare}$
partitive
regattaani
regattojani
inessive
regatassani
regatoissani
elative
regatastani
regatoistani
illative
regattaani
regattoihini
adessive
regatallani
regatoillani
ablative
regataltani
regatoiltani
allative
regatalleni
regatoilleni
essive
regattanani
regattoinani
translative
regatakseni
regatoikseni
abessive
regatattani
regatoittani
instructive
comitative
—regattoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
regattasi
regattasi
accusative
nom.
regattasi
regattasi
gen.
regattasi
genitive
regattasi
regattojesi regattaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
regattaasi
regattojasi
inessive
regatassasi
regatoissasi
elative
regatastasi
regatoistasi
illative
regattaasi
regattoihisi
adessive
regatallasi
regatoillasi
ablative
regataltasi
regatoiltasi
allative
regatallesi
regatoillesi
essive
regattanasi
regattoinasi
translative
regataksesi
regatoiksesi
abessive
regatattasi
regatoittasi
instructive
comitative
—regattoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
regattamme
regattamme
accusative
nom.
regattamme
regattamme
gen.
regattamme
genitive
regattamme
regattojemme regattaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
regattaamme
regattojamme
inessive
regatassamme
regatoissamme
elative
regatastamme
regatoistamme
illative
regattaamme
regattoihimme
adessive
regatallamme
regatoillamme
ablative
regataltamme
regatoiltamme
allative
regatallemme
regatoillemme
essive
regattanamme
regattoinamme
translative
regataksemme
regatoiksemme
abessive
regatattamme
regatoittamme
instructive
comitative
—regattoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
regattanne
regattanne
accusative
nom.
regattanne
regattanne
gen.
regattanne
genitive
regattanne
regattojenne regattainne $^{rare}$
partitive
regattaanne
regattojanne
inessive
regatassanne
regatoissanne
elative
regatastanne
regatoistanne
illative
regattaanne
regattoihinne
adessive
regatallanne
regatoillanne
ablative
regataltanne
regatoiltanne
allative
regatallenne
regatoillenne
essive
regattananne
regattoinanne
translative
regataksenne
regatoiksenne
abessive
regatattanne
regatoittanne
instructive
comitative
—regattoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
regattansa
regattansa
accusative
nom.
regattansa
regattansa
gen.
regattansa
genitive
regattansa
regattojensa regattainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
regattaansa
regattojaan regattojansa
inessive
regatassaan regatassansa
regatoissaan regatoissansa
elative
regatastaan regatastansa
regatoistaan regatoistansa
illative
regattaansa
regattoihinsa
adessive
regatallaan regatallansa
regatoillaan regatoillansa
ablative
regataltaan regataltansa
regatoiltaan regatoiltansa
allative
regatalleen regatallensa
regatoilleen regatoillensa
essive
regattanaan regattanansa
regattoinaan regattoinansa
translative
regatakseen regataksensa
regatoikseen regatoiksensa
abessive
regatattaan regatattansa
regatoittaan regatoittansa
instructive
comitative
—regattoineen regattoinensa :

### Further reading

* “regatta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* regatat

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta.

### Noun

regatta m (definite singular regattaen, indefinite plural regattaer, definite plural regattaene)
* (nautical, sailing) a regatta

#### Synonyms

* seilas

### References

* “regatta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta.

### Noun

regatta m (definite singular regattaen, indefinite plural regattaer or regattaar, definite plural regattaene or regattaane)
* (nautical, sailing) a regatta

### References

* “regatta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian regata.

### Noun

regatta c
* (nautical, sailing) regatta

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | regatta | regattas |
| singular | definite | regattan | regattans |
| plural | indefinite | regattor | regattors |
| plural | definite | regattorna | regattornas |

### Further reading

* regatta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* regatta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
* regatta in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)