# boat
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą (“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”). Cognate with Old Norse beit (“boat”), Middle Dutch beitel (“little boat”).
Old Norse bátr (whence Icelandic bátur, Norwegian båt, Danish båd), Dutch boot, German Boot, Occitan batèl and French bateau are all ultimately borrowings from the Old English word.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bōt, IPA: /bəʊt/
* Rhymes: -əʊt
* (General American) enPR: bōt, IPA: /boʊt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

boat (plural boats)
* A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
** 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Philander went into the next room […] and came back with a salt mackerel […] . Next he put the mackerel in a fry-pan, and the shanty began to smell like a Banks boat just in from a v'yage.
** 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
* (poker slang) A full house.
* A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
    a stone boat;  a gravy boat
* (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
* (Australian politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
* (cellular automata) In Conway’s Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.
** 1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 1/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎ (Usenet):It creates 4 blocks, a boat, and a glider every 768 generations.
** 2004 May 24, Paul Chapman, “A Prototype Programmable Universal Constructor for Conway's Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎ (Usenet):The program is represented as a string of boats (1s) and blocks (0s).
** 2005 February 23, Dave Greene, “exist glider gun able of reconstruction in Life?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata‎ (Usenet):For many stable patterns, by the way, there are other input glider lanes where the gliders are caught and turned into boats, which are then cleanly deleted by another glider coming in on the same lane.
* Alternative form of BOAT

#### Usage notes

* There is no explicit limit, but the word boat usually refers to a relatively small watercraft, smaller than a ship but larger than a dinghy. It is also the normal designation for a submarine (however large), and also for lakers (ships used in the Great Lakes trade in North America).

#### Synonyms

* (craft on or in water): craft, ship, vessel

#### Hyponyms

* (A craft on or in water): ark, bangca, barge, canoe, catamaran, caravel, carrack, coracle, cruiser, cutter, dhow, dinghy, dory, Dutch barge, East Indiaman, felucca, ferry, galley, galleon, gig, gondola, hovercraft, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inflatable raft, jetski, junk, caik/kaiki/kayık, kayak, ketch, luxemotor, motorsailer, Norfolk wherry, outrigger canoe, peniche, pinnace, raft, schooner, scow, sealship, Seiner, ship of the line, skiff, sloop, submarine, tender, tjalk, trawler, trireme, trimaran, troller, tug, wangkang, water taxi, yacht, yawl

#### Derived terms

* Adirondack boat
* Adirondack guide boat
* advice boat
* aeroboat
* airboat
* autoboat
* bait boat
* banana boat
* bareboat
* bass boat
* belly boat
* boatable
* boatage
* boat anchor
* boatbearer
* boat bearer
* boatbill
* boatbound
* boat boy
* boat bug
* boatbuilder
* boatbuilding
* boat cloak
* boat conformation
* boatcraft
* boatel, botel
* boater
* boatful
* boat-hook
* boat hook
* boathook
* boathorse
* boathouse
* boatie
* boat-in
* boating
* boat-in theater
* boat-in theatre
* boatish
* boatkeeper
* boatlength
* boatless
* boatlet
* boatlift
* boat lift
* boatlike
* boatload
* boatmaker
* boatmaking
* boatman, boatsman
* boatmanship, boatsmanship
* boatmaster
* boat mate
* boatmate
* boatmobile
* boat money
* boatneck
* boatnecked
* boat neckline
* Boat of Garten
* boat orchid
* boatowner
* boat park
* boat people, boat person
* boatperson
* boat race
* boat ramp
* boatrope
* boat-shaped abdomen
* boat shed
* boat shell
* boat shoe
* boat show
* boatside
* boatslength
* boatslip
* boatsmith
* boatspeak
* boatswain
* boattail
* boattailed
* boat train
* boat trip
* boat truck
* boatward
* boatwear
* boatwise
* boatwoman
* boatwright
* boaty
* boatyard
* Boaty McBoatface
* boy in the boat
* bumboat
* bunder boat
* burn one's boats
* butter boat
* buy boat
* chain boat
* chopboat
* cigarette-boat
* cigarette boat
* coastal motor boat
* cock-boat
* couta boat
* crash boat
* crayboat
* creek boat
* dayboat
* deck boat
* disease boat
* dive boat
* diving boat
* douche boat
* drag-boat
* drag boat
* drag boat racing
* dragon boat
* drag-racing boat
* drag racing boat
* dreamboat
* dredgeboat
* Durham boat
* E-boat
* eelboat
* eyes in the boat
* fanboat
* ferroboat
* ferry-boat
* ferryboat
* ferry boat
* fireboat
* fishboat
* fisher-boat
* fishing boat
* flatboat
* float someone's boat
* fly-boat
* flyboat
* flying boat
* foldboat
* fold boat
* folding boat
* fresh off the boat
* full boat
* gas boat
* get in the boat and row
* get in the boat and start rowing
* glass-bottom boat
* goat boat
* go-fast boat
* gravy boat
* guardboat
* gunboat
* gun boat
* hatchboat
* head boat
* Higgins boat
* hong boat
* horseboat
* houseboat
* husbands' boat
* ice-boat
* ice boat
* iceboat
* iceboating
* ice dragon boat
* incense boat
* inflatable boat
* in the same boat
* jetboat
* jet boat
* jolly boat
* jump on the boat
* keelboat
* kick boat
* life boat
* lifeboat
* lightboat
* little man in the boat
* lobsterboat
* log boat
* logboat
* longboat
* longtail boat
* long-tail boat
* love boat
* mackinaw boat
* mailboat
* masoola boat
* Massoola boat
* maxi boat
* Mike boat
* miss the boat
* monkey boat
* motor-boat
* motor boat, motorboat
* motor torpedo boat
* mudboat
* narrow boat
* narrowboat
* newsboat
* oar in someone's boat
* oysterboat
* packet-boat
* packet boat
* paddle boat
* paddleboat
* pap boat
* party boat
* passage boat
* patrol boat
* pedalboat
* picket boat
* pickle boat
* pigboat
* pilot boat
* playboat
* pleasure boat
* poleboat
* policeboat
* poling boat
* powerboat
* PT boat
* push the boat out
* Q-boat
* rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB)
* riverboat
* river boat
* rock the boat
* rowboat
* rowing boat
* row in the same boat
* safariboat
* sailboat
* sailing boat
* sauce boat
* sauceboat
* seaboat
* ship's boat
* showboat
* shrimp boat
* ski boat
* snag-boat
* solar boat
* speedboat
* speed boat
* spyboat
* stake boat
* steamboat
* steam-boat
* stoneboat
* surf boat
* surfboat
* swamp boat
* swan boat
* sweepboat
* swift boat
* swiftboat
* swingboat
* swordboat
* swordfishing boat
* tea boat
* the boat
* three-men-in-a-boat
* torpedo boat
* torpedo-boat
* torpedo boat destroyer
* torpedo-boat destroyer
* towboat
* track-boat
* trail boat
* trawlboat
* tugboat
* tug-boat
* tug boat
* turn the boat
* turn the boat around
* twist-boat
* U-boat
* Una boat
* Upper Boat
* wager-boat
* waistboat
* wake boat
* waterboat
* weigh boat
* weighing boat
* well-boat
* well boat
* whaleboat
* whatever floats your boat
* workboat
* York boat

#### Descendants

* Belizean Creole: boat
* → Esperanto: boato
* → Dhivehi: ބޯޓު (bōṭu)
* → Fijian: boto
* → Hijazi Arabic: بوت (bōt)
* → Japanese: ボート (bōto)
* → Malay: bot
* → Pitcairn-Norfolk: boet (Norfuk)
* → Sinhalese: බෝට්‍ටුව (bōṭṭuwa)
* → Swahili: boti
* → Scots: boat, bote (compare native bait, bate)
* → Tahitian: poti
* Tok Pisin: bot

#### Translations

Afrikaans: boot (af)
Ainu: チㇷ゚ (cip)
Aklanon: paraw
Albanian: anije (sq) f, lundër (sq) f
Aleut: ayxaasix
Amharic: መርከብ (märkäb), ባርካ (barka)
Arabic: قَارِب (ar) m (qārib), مَرْكَب (ar) m (markab), زَوْرَق m (zawraq)
Egyptian Arabic: مركب m (márkeb), قارب m (ʔāreb), فلوكة f (fluka, filúka)
Hijazi Arabic: قَارِب m (gārib), مَرْكَب m (markab)
Moroccan Arabic: فلوكة (felūka)
North Levantine Arabic: شختورة (šaḵtūra)
South Levantine Arabic: قَارِب (ar) m (qārib), فلوكة (flōka) (Jerusalem), شختورة (šaḵtūra) (Galilee), حسكة (ɧásaka) (Gaza)
Aragonese: barca
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܠܦܘܢܝܬܐ
Armenian: նավակ (hy) (navak), մակույկ (hy) (makuyk)
Aromanian: varcã f, luntri f, ghimii f, nai (roa-rup) f, cãic n
Assamese: নাও (naü)
Asturian: barcu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qayıq (az)
Bashkir: кәмә (kəmə), ҡайыҡ (qayıq)
Basque: txalupa, batel
Belarusian: ло́дка f (lódka), чо́вен m (čóvjen)
Belizean Creole: boat
Bengali: নৌকা (bn) (nōuka), তরী (bn) (tori)
Big Nambas: nauak
Breton: bag (br) f
Bulgarian: ло́дка (bg) f (lódka), ла́дия (bg) f (ládija), чълн m (čǎln) (obsolete)
Burmese: လှေ (my) (hle)
Buryat: онгосо (ongoso)
Carpathian Rusyn: чо́вен m (čóven)
Catalan: vaixell (ca) m, barca (ca) f
Chamicuro: wapori
Chechen: кема (kema), хӏордкема (hordkema)
Cherokee: ᏥᏳ (tsiyu)
Cheyenne: sémo
Chichewa: ngalawa
Chickasaw: piini'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 船 (yue) (syun$^4$)
Dungan: чуан (čuan)
Eastern Min: 船 (sùng)
Gan: 船 (son$^3$)
Hakka: 船 (sòn)
Hokkien: 船 (chûn / soân)
Jin: 船 (cuan$^1$)
Mandarin: 船 (zh) (chuán), 小船 (zh) (xiǎochuán), 舟 (zh) (zhōu), 艇 (zh) (tǐng)
Northern Min: 船 (ṳ̌ing)
Wu: 船
Xiang: 船 (jye$^2$)
Chuvash: кимӗ (kimĕ)
Coptic: ϫⲟⲓ m (čoi)
Cornish: skath (kw)
Crimean Tatar: qayıq
Czech: člun (cs) m, loď (cs) f (ship)
Dalmatian: buarca f, buorca
Danish: båd (da) c, skib (da) n
Dhivehi: ދޯނި (dōni), ބޯޓު (bōṭu)
Dutch: boot (nl) m, schip (nl) n
Egyptian: (dpt f), (jmw)
Erzya: венч (venč)
Esperanto: boato (eo)
Estonian: paat (et)
Even: дяв (ʒaw)
Evenki: дяв (ʒaw)
Faroese: bátur (fo) m
Fijian: waqa
Finnish: vene (fi)
French: bateau (fr) m, barque (fr) f, nacelle (fr) f
Friulian: barcje f, barčhe f
Galician: barco (gl) m
Georgian: ნავი (ka) (navi)
German: Boot (de) n, Schiff (de) n
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 n (skip)
Greek: βάρκα (el) f (várka), λέμβος (el) f (lémvos), καΐκι (el) n (kaḯki)
Ancient: ναῦς f (naûs), πλοῖον n (ploîon)
Guaraní: yga
Gujarati: નાવ (nāv), હોડી (gu) (hoḍī)
Haida: tluwáay
Haitian Creole: bato
Hausa: jirgi
Hebrew: סִירָה (he) f (sirá)
Higaonon: hawang
Hindi: कश्ती (hi) f (kaśtī), (larger) नाव (hi) f (nāv), नौका (hi) f (naukā), डोँगी (hi) f (ḍõgī), डोँगा (hi) m (ḍõgā), बेड़ी (hi) f (beṛī), बेड़ा (hi) m (beṛā)
Hungarian: csónak (hu)
Icelandic: bátur (is) m
Ido: batelo (io)
Inari Sami: käärbis
Indonesian: perahu (id), sampan (id)
Interlingua: barca
Irish: bád (ga) m
Italian: barca (it) f, nave (it) f, battello (it) m, schifo (it) m, scialuppa (it) f, lancia (it) f, natante (it) m
Japanese: 舟 (ja) (ふね, fune), ボート (ja) (bōto)
Javanese: prau (jv)
Jeju: 베 (be)
Kanakanabu: 'avaang
Kannada: ದೋಣಿ (kn) (dōṇi)
Kazakh: қайық (qaiyq)
Khmer: ទូក (km) (tuuk), នាវា (km) (niəviə)
Khmu: ຈລອງ
Korean: 배 (ko) (bae), 보트 (ko) (boteu)
Kumyk: къайыкъ (qayıq)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پاپۆڕ (paporr)
Northern Kurdish: qeyik (ku)
Kyrgyz: кайык (ky) (kayık)
Lao: ເຮືອ (lo) (hư̄a)
Latin: navis (la) f
Latvian: laiva f
Lingala: masuwa
Lithuanian: valtis f
Lü: ᦵᦣᦲ (hoe)
Luxembourgish: Schëff (lb) n
Macedonian: чамец m (čamec), кајче n (kajče), чун m (čun)
Malay: perahu (ms)
Malayalam: വഞ്ചി (ml) (vañci), വള്ളം (ml) (vaḷḷaṁ)
Maltese: dgħajsa f
Manchu: ᠵᠠᠶᠠ (jaya), ᠵᠠᡥᡡᡩᠠᡳ (jahūdai), ᠸᡝᡳᡥᡠ (weihu), ᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (cuwan)
Mandinka: kuluŋo
Maori: waka (mi)
Maranao: barangay
Marathi: नौका (mr) (naukā)
Mazanderani: لوتکا (lutkâ)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Miyako: フニ (funi)
Mizo: long, lawng
Moksha: венеж (venež)
Mon: ဂၠုၚ် (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: завь (mn) (zavʹ), усан онгоц (mn) (usan ongoc), онгоц (mn) (ongoc)
Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠪᠢ (ǰabi), ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (usun ongɣuča), ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (ongɣuča)
Nanai: дяи (ʒai), огда (ogda)
Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł
Nepali: डुङ्गा (ḍuṅgā)
Nivkh: му (mu)
Nogai: кайык (kayık)
Norman: baté m
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: buat n
Mooring: büütj n
Sylt: Buat n
Northern Mansi: ха̄п (hāp)
Northern Sami: fanas
Northern Thai: ᩁᩮᩬᩥᩋ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: båt (no) m, farkost m
Nynorsk: båt (nn) m, farkost m
Occitan: batèl (oc) m
Odia: ଡଙ୍ଗା (or) (ḍaṅgā), ବୋଇତ (or) (boita), ଗୋରାପ (or) (gorāpa), ଜାହାଜ (or) (jāhāja)
Ojibwe: jiimaan
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: ладии f (ladii), алъдии f (alŭdii)
Old East Slavic: лодья f (lodĭja), лодъка f (lodŭka), лодь f (lodĭ), чьлнъ m (čĭlnŭ)
Old English: bāt m, sċip (ang) n
Old Javanese: parahu
Oroch: дяви, ʒãwi, ʒãi
Orok: ӡаи́ (ʒaí), да̄и (dāi)
Oroqen: dʒawɪ
Ottoman Turkish: قایق (kayık), ناو (nav)
Pali: nāvā f
Pannonian Rusyn: гайов m (hajov), чамец m (čamec)
Pashto: کښتۍ f (kex̌tǝy)
Persian:
Classical Persian: قَایِق (qāyiq), زَوْرَق (zawraq), کَشْتِی (kaštī), کَرَجِی (karajī), نَاو (nāw)
Iranian Persian: قایِق (ğâyeğ), زُوْرَق (zowrağ), کَشْتی (kašti), کَرَجی (karaji), ناو (fa) (nâv)
Picard: batieu
Plautdietsch: Boot (nds) n
Polabian: lüďă f
Polish: łódź (pl) f, łódka (pl) f
Portuguese: barco (pt) m, bote (pt) m
Punjabi: ਨਾਉ (nāu)
Quechua: wamp'u
Romagnol: bêrc m, bêrca f
Romanian: barcă (ro) f, luntre (ro) f, vapor (ro) n
Romansch: bartga f
Russian: ло́дка (ru) f (lódka), шлю́пка (ru) f (šljúpka), бот (ru) m (bot), чёлн (ru) m (čoln), ладья́ (ru) f (ladʹjá) (archaic)
Samoan: tulula
Sango: mashua
Sanskrit: नौ (sa) f (nau), प्लवः (sa) (plavaḥ)
Santali: ᱞᱟᱹᱣᱠᱟᱹ (lăvkă)
Sardinian:
Logudorese: feluga, filuga, feluca
Saterland Frisian: Boot
Scottish Gaelic: bàta m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бро̑д m, бро̀дица f, ча́мац m, чу̑н m
Roman: brȏd (sh) m, bròdica (sh) f, čámac (sh) m, čȗn (sh) m
Shan: ႁိူဝ်း (shn) (hóe)
Shor: кебе (kebe)
Sicilian: barca (scn) f, varca (scn) f
Sindhi: ٻيڙيِ f (bberii)
Sinhalese: බෝට්‍ටුව (bōṭṭuwa)
Slovak: čln m, loď (sk) f (ship)
Slovene: čoln (sl) m, barka f
Solon: дяви
Somali: doon (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cołn m, łoź f (ship)
Upper Sorbian: łódź f
Sotho: seketswana
Southern Altai: кеме (keme)
Spanish: barca (es) f, bote (es) m, barco (es) m
Svan: ნა̈ვ (näv)
Swahili: chombo (sw), mashua (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: båt (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠅ (nao)
Tabaru: ngo'otiri
Tagalog: bangka (tl)
Tajik: қаиқ (tg) (qayiq), киштӣ (tg) (kišti), заврақ (zavraq), нов (nov)
Tamil: நவாடா (ta) (navāṭā), படகு (ta) (paṭaku)
Taos: łòthə́na
Tarifit: aɣarrabu m
Tatar: көймә (tt) (köymä)
Tausug: bangka
Telugu: పడవ (te) (paḍava), నావ (te) (nāva)
Thai: เรือ (th) (rʉʉa)
Tibetan: གྲུ (gru)
Tigrinya: ሳምቡቕ (sambux̣)
Tocharian B: kolmo, olyi
Tok Pisin: bot, sip
Tsou: 'apangʉ
Turkish: kayık (tr), sandal (tr), gemi (tr)
Turkmen: gaýyk
Tuvan: өөш (ööş), хеме (xeme)
Tîrî: wâ
Udihe: угда (ugda)
Ukrainian: чо́вен m (čóven), лодь f (lodʹ)
Ulch: ӡaj
Urdu: کَشْتی f (kaśtī), ناو f (nāo), بیڑا m (beṛā), بوٹ f (boṭ), ناو f (nāo), زَورَق f (zauraq)
Uyghur: قېيىق (qëyiq)
Uzbek: qayiq (uz)
Venetan: barca (vec)
Vietnamese: thuyền (vi) (船)
Volapük: bot (vo)
Walloon: batea (wa)
Waray-Waray: baluto
Welsh: cwch (cy), bad (cy) m
West Frisian: boat (fy) c
Western Bukidnon Manobo: avang
Western Ojibwa: cîmân
White Hmong: nkoj
Woiwurrung: koorong
Wolof: gaal (wo)
Xhosa: isikhephe
Yakut: оҥочо (oñoco), тыы (tıı)
Yami: tatala
Yiddish: שיף f (shif), שיפֿל n (shifl)
Yoruba: ọkọ̀, ọkọ̀ ojú-omi
Yup'ik: angyar
Zhuang: ruz
Zulu: isikebhe :

#### See also

* Category:Watercraft

#### References

* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

### Verb

boat (third-person singular simple present boats, present participle boating, simple past and past participle boated)
* (intransitive) To travel by boat.
* (transitive) To transport in a boat.
    to boat goods
* (transitive, slang, obsolete) To transport (deport to a penal colony).
** 2021, Graham Seal, Condemned (page 120)
    Troy was 'boated' for seven years after being found guilty of burglary and robbery.
* (transitive) To place in a boat.
    to boat oars

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Bato, Tabo, atob

## Belizean Creole
### Etymology

From English boat.

### Noun

boat
* boat

#### Derived terms

* boatman
* flat-batam boat

### References

* Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 58.

## Finnish
### Noun

boat
* nominative plural of boa

### Anagrams

* abot

## Latin
### Verb

boat
* third-person singular present active indicative of boō

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* buat

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buat/
* Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at

### Verb

boat (1701, used in the form berboat)
* Obsolete form of buat.

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /boə̯t/

### Noun

boat n (plural boaten, diminutive boatsje or boatke)
* boat

#### Derived terms

* stoomboat
* ûnderseeboat

#### Further reading

* “boat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011