wharf en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈwɔɹf/ (General-American)
- /ˈwɔːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈʍɔɹf/ without the wine–whine merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną Proto-West Germanic *hwerban Old English hweorfan Middle English wharf English wharf From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Meanings
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An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame, / And round the prow they read her name, / The Lady of Shalott.
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Lady of Shalott”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part IV, page 86:
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(obsolete) Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.
the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wharfs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| wharves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
wharf crab · marginal wharfon · wharfinger · wharfie · wharfless · Red Wharf Bay · wharf rat · wharf roach · wharfage · wharf borer
Descendants
Hyponyms
pier · jetty · staithe · Cams Wharf · staith · government wharf · Canary Wharf · Nords Wharf
Synonyms
Translations (119)
cs přístavní hráz (artificial landing place) · io warfo (artificial landing place) · cmn 碼頭 /码头 (artificial landing place) · et kai (artificial landing place) · id dermaga (artificial landing place) · th ท่าเทียบเรือ (artificial landing place) · be прыча́л (artificial landing place) · pt embarcadouro (artificial landing place) · nl kaai (artificial landing place) · yi דאָק (artificial landing place) · ca moll (artificial landing place) · km ផែ (artificial landing place) · sh pristanište (artificial landing place) · ja 桟橋 (artificial landing place) · bg при́стан (artificial landing place) · sv kaj (artificial landing place) · gl caes (artificial landing place) · cs molo (artificial landing place) · arz معبر (artificial landing place) · mk пристан (artificial landing place) · uk док (artificial landing place) · lo ທ່າ (artificial landing place) · th ท่า (artificial landing place) · be док (artificial landing place) · nn kai (artificial landing place) · ro doc (artificial landing place) · cmn 埠頭 /埠头 (artificial landing place) · uk прича́л (artificial landing place) · kk кемежай (artificial landing place) · pl nabrzeże (artificial landing place) · pt fundeadouro (artificial landing place) · prs اِسْکَلَه (artificial landing place) · ota اسكله (artificial landing place) · my ဆိပ် (artificial landing place) · my ဆိပ်ကမ်း (artificial landing place) · es muelle (artificial landing place) · la navalia (artificial landing place) · sh пристаниште (artificial landing place) · nb kai (artificial landing place) · sl pomol (artificial landing place) · cs přístaviště (artificial landing place) · fa-ira بارْاَنْداز (artificial landing place) · pt embarcadoiro (artificial landing place) · be пры́стань (artificial landing place) · ms dermaga (artificial landing place) · lo ທ່າເຮືອ (artificial landing place) · ky пристань (artificial landing place) · gl cai (artificial landing place) · ur گھاٹ (artificial landing place) · km តីរវិថី (artificial landing place) · cmn 港埠 (artificial landing place) · sq skelë (artificial landing place) · gl pantalán (artificial landing place) · tr rıhtım (artificial landing place) · vi bến tàu (artificial landing place) · pl przystań (artificial landing place) · pl keja (artificial landing place) · da brygge (artificial landing place) · ja 埠頭 (artificial landing place) · kk айлақ (artificial landing place) · es embarcadero (artificial landing place) · ko 선창 (artificial landing place) · nn brygge (artificial landing place) · az iskele (artificial landing place) · hy նավամատույց (artificial landing place) · sa घट्ट (artificial landing place) · de Wharf (artificial landing place) · prs بَارْاَنْدَاز (artificial landing place) · it attracco (artificial landing place) · ota ریختم (artificial landing place) · uk при́стань (artificial landing place) · hy նավակայան (artificial landing place) · ja 波止場 (artificial landing place) · fa-ira اِسْکِلِه (artificial landing place) · ka მისადგომი (artificial landing place) · hu rakpart (artificial landing place) · cy glanfa (artificial landing place) · hi जेटी (artificial landing place) · ar رَصِيف (artificial landing place) · gl peirao (artificial landing place) · pt cais (artificial landing place) · fi laituri (artificial landing place) · sm uafu (artificial landing place) · ga cé (artificial landing place) · nn bryggje (artificial landing place) · fr appontement (artificial landing place) · bg кей (artificial landing place) · lo ທ່າຈອດ (artificial landing place) · sk prístavisko (artificial landing place) · uli kaampeek (artificial landing place) · uz pristan (artificial landing place) · ru прича́л (artificial landing place) · mi wāpu (artificial landing place) · tg искала (artificial landing place) · gd laimrig (artificial landing place) · gl embarcadoiro (artificial landing place) · hi घाट (artificial landing place) · da kaj (artificial landing place) · tr iskele (artificial landing place) · ko 부두 (artificial landing place) · mk пристаниште (artificial landing place) · enm wharf (artificial landing place) · eo varfo (artificial landing place) · pt ancoradouro (artificial landing place) · de Kai (artificial landing place) · ru док (artificial landing place) · ro chei (artificial landing place) · nl kade (artificial landing place) · ur جیٹی (artificial landing place) · gl peirau (artificial landing place) · ka ნავმისადგომი (artificial landing place) · th ท่าน้ำ (artificial landing place) · fr quai (artificial landing place) · nb brygge (artificial landing place) · ca embarcador (artificial landing place) · uz iskala (artificial landing place) · nl aanlegsteiger (artificial landing place) · el αποβάθρα (artificial landing place) · ru при́стань (artificial landing place)