Dictionary

castaway en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈkæstəweɪ/ (UK)
• kăsʹtəwā (US)
• /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

Deverbal from cast away.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
   • After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
2. (not-comparable) Shipwrecked.
   • The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.
3. (not-comparable) Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

Translations (5)

pl rozbity (cast adrift) · fr naufragé (cast adrift) · ro naufragiat (cast adrift) · hi अपवाहित (cast adrift) · mi rurenga (cast adrift)

castaway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈkæstəweɪ/ (UK)
• kăsʹtəwā (US)
• /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

Deverbal from cast away.

Meanings

1. A shipwrecked sailor.
   • Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
2. A discarded person or thing.
   • This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
   • These homeless people are society's castaways.

Forms

Deriveds

Blastaway · Lostaway

Relateds

cast away

Translations (49)

fi haaksirikkoinen (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · es marginada (someone cast out of a group or society) · ro vas naufragiat (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · ru изго́й (someone cast out of a group or society) · fi hylkiö (someone cast out of a group or society) · hu hajótörött (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · pl rozbitek (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · hu kitaszított (discarded person or thing) · de Schiffbrüchiger (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · ru изгна́нник (someone cast out of a group or society) · de Weggeworfenes (discarded person or thing) · de Wegwurf (discarded person or thing) · es marginado (someone cast out of a group or society) · de weggeworfener Gegenstand (discarded person or thing) · de Ausgestoßener (someone cast out of a group or society) · de Abgewiesener (discarded person or thing) · ru вы́брошенный (discarded person or thing) · pl outsider (someone cast out of a group or society) · cs trosečník (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · pl wyrzutek (someone cast out of a group or society) · pl outsiderka (someone cast out of a group or society) · ru изгна́нница (someone cast out of a group or society) · bg корабокрушенец (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · ca nàufrag (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · bg прокуден (someone cast out of a group or society) · mk бродо́ломник (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · ru отве́рженный (someone cast out of a group or society) · es apestado (someone cast out of a group or society) · es apestada (someone cast out of a group or society) · fi hylkiö (discarded person or thing) · fi hylkytavara (discarded person or thing) · ru па́рия (someone cast out of a group or society) · nl schipbreukeling (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · fr naufragé (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · es náufrago (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · nl uitgestotene (someone cast out of a group or society) · mi rurenga (someone cast out of a group or society) · ru вы́кинутый (discarded person or thing) · pt náufrago (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · mk бродо́ломец (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · mi rurenga (discarded person or thing) · he פסולת (discarded person or thing) · ru потерпе́вший кораблекруше́ние (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · pl śmieć (discarded person or thing) · mi paruranga (discarded person or thing) · bg нещо изхвърлено (discarded person or thing) · fo havreki (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · it naufrago (nautical: shipwrecked sailor) · de Fallengelassener (discarded person or thing)