Dictionary

steamship en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstimˌʃɪp/ (General-American)

Etymology

From steam + ship.

Meanings

1. A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.
   • India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world. 2024 May 8, Dhruv Tikekar, “How India got stuck in its own unusual time zone”, in CNN:
   • Steamship arrivals, however, are less predictable and the best arrangements of shipping companies and the railway operating department may be upset by weather and tide. 1962 April 14, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 264:
   • The shipwreck is the earliest examples yet found of a propeller-driven steamship on the Great Lakes. 2015 October 22, Michael Pearson, “153-year-old shipwreck found in Lake Ontario”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

steamship round

Synonyms

steamboat · steamer

Translations (89)

tr vapur (vessel propelled by steam) · pt barco a vapor (vessel propelled by steam) · ur سْٹِیمَر (vessel propelled by steam) · hu gőzös (vessel propelled by steam) · sk parník (vessel propelled by steam) · he אֳנִיַּת קִיטוֹר (vessel propelled by steam) · fa-ira کَشْتیِ بُخار (vessel propelled by steam) · ky пароход (vessel propelled by steam) · da dampskib (vessel propelled by steam) · sh па̏робро̄д m парни брод (vessel propelled by steam) · ro vapor (vessel propelled by steam) · ja 蒸気船 (vessel propelled by steam) · lt garlaivis (vessel propelled by steam) · es barco de vapor (vessel propelled by steam) · ps اوبېړۍ (vessel propelled by steam) · ko 기선 (vessel propelled by steam) · az paroxod (vessel propelled by steam) · kk пароход (vessel propelled by steam) · is gufuskip (vessel propelled by steam) · af stoomskip (vessel propelled by steam) · uk паропла́в (vessel propelled by steam) · ur دِخانی جَہاز (vessel propelled by steam) · bg парахо́д (vessel propelled by steam) · mk параброд (vessel propelled by steam) · et aurik (vessel propelled by steam) · cmn 輪船 /轮船 (vessel propelled by steam) · sv ångfartyg (vessel propelled by steam) · pl parowiec (vessel propelled by steam) · uz paroxod (vessel propelled by steam) · cv пӑрахут (vessel propelled by steam) · pl parostatek (vessel propelled by steam) · az buxar gəmisi (vessel propelled by steam) · sh pȁrobrōd (vessel propelled by steam) · hi दिख़ानी जहाज़ (vessel propelled by steam) · de Dampfschiff (vessel propelled by steam) · eo vaporŝipo (vessel propelled by steam) · ko 증기선 (vessel propelled by steam) · nl stoomschip (vessel propelled by steam) · ka პარახოდი (vessel propelled by steam) · sl parnik (vessel propelled by steam) · tt пароход (vessel propelled by steam) · nds Damper (vessel propelled by steam) · eu lurrunontzi (vessel propelled by steam) · it nave a vapore (vessel propelled by steam) · kmr vapor (vessel propelled by steam) · it piroscafo (vessel propelled by steam) · cmn 汽船 (vessel propelled by steam) · ru парохо́д (vessel propelled by steam) · et aurulaev (vessel propelled by steam) · cs parník (vessel propelled by steam) · tk parohod (vessel propelled by steam) · io vaporonavo (vessel propelled by steam) · ar بَاخِرَة (vessel propelled by steam) · nl stoomboot (vessel propelled by steam) · be парахо́д (vessel propelled by steam) · de Dampfer (vessel propelled by steam) · fi höyryalus (vessel propelled by steam) · tl buke (vessel propelled by steam) · ug پاراخوت (vessel propelled by steam) · ja 汽船 (vessel propelled by steam) · sv ångbåt (vessel propelled by steam) · fa-ira واپور (vessel propelled by steam) · lv tvaikonis (vessel propelled by steam) · fr vapeur (vessel propelled by steam) · tg пароход (vessel propelled by steam) · id kapal uap (vessel propelled by steam) · nrf stînme (vessel propelled by steam) · tr buharlı gemi (vessel propelled by steam) · ms kapal wap (vessel propelled by steam) · sjd парходт (vessel propelled by steam) · ota واپور (vessel propelled by steam) · gd bàta-smùide (vessel propelled by steam) · sh parni brod (vessel propelled by steam) · fo dampari (vessel propelled by steam) · hi स्टीमर (vessel propelled by steam) · is eimskip (vessel propelled by steam) · is dampskip (vessel propelled by steam) · fr bateau à vapeur (vessel propelled by steam) · id kapal api (vessel propelled by steam) · sq vapor (vessel propelled by steam) · hy շոգենավ (vessel propelled by steam) · fo dampskip (vessel propelled by steam) · hu gőzhajó (vessel propelled by steam) · ar سَفِينَة بُخَارِيَّة (vessel propelled by steam) · fi höyrylaiva (vessel propelled by steam) · el βαπόρι (vessel propelled by steam) · nb dampskip (vessel propelled by steam) · ca vapor (vessel propelled by steam) · el ατμόπλοιο (vessel propelled by steam)