yacht en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /jɑt/ (US)
- yŏt (Received-Pronunciation)
- /jɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- yät (US)
Etymology
Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jacht (“yacht; hunt”), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (“light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship”, literally “pursuit ship”), compound of jacht and schip (“ship”). In the 16th century the Dutch built light, fast ships to chase the ships of pirates and smugglers from the coast. The ship was introduced to England in 1660 when the Dutch East India Company presented one to King Charles II, who used it as a pleasure boat, after which it was copied by British shipbuilders as a pleasure craft for wealthy gentlemen.
Meanings
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A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
Would you like to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?
The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?
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Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.
The megayacht concept is equipped with its own port with enough space for a second yacht measuring up to 30 meters, as well as three swimming pools. […] The market is projected to reach a value of $10.2 billion by 2025 as an increasing amount of yachts measuring longer than 24 meters are ordered, and designers are going all out to ensure their concepts are bigger and better than the competition.
2020 November 25, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The $550 million megayacht concept that looks like a shark”, in CNN:“I don’t mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…], the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts,[…], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yachts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
megayacht · yachtswoman · aeroyacht · yachtdom · yachtboard · yachtful · yachtsfolk · yachtsman · gigayacht · yachting · yachtee · ice yacht · yachtlike · motor yacht · yachtwear · land yacht · yachtist · steam yacht · motoryacht · yachter · MY · SY · yachty · superyacht · sailing yacht · maxi yacht · yachtman · yacht club · sand yacht · yachtie · yachtless · yacht rock · miniyacht · yacht person · yachtperson · yachtsperson
Translations (90)
tl yate (slick and light ship) · is snekkja (slick and light ship) · et jaht (slick and light ship) · mk јахта (slick and light ship) · he יאכטה (slick and light ship) · he יכטה (any private noncommercial vessel) · mn дарвуулт онгоц (slick and light ship) · it yacht (slick and light ship) · pt iate (slick and light ship) · lt jachta (slick and light ship) · sl jahta (slick and light ship) · es yate (slick and light ship) · it panfilo (slick and light ship) · bg я́хта (slick and light ship) · de Yacht (slick and light ship) · fi huvipursi (slick and light ship) · gv birling (slick and light ship) · eu yate (slick and light ship) · ca iot (slick and light ship) · vo blesirayakt (slick and light ship) · ary يخت (slick and light ship) · fo jakt (slick and light ship) · fo skemtibátur (slick and light ship) · mh io̧o̧t (slick and light ship) · ja 船 (any private noncommercial vessel) · el θαλαμηγός (any private noncommercial vessel) · fi jahti (slick and light ship) · th เรือยอชต์ (slick and light ship) · fr yacht (any private noncommercial vessel) · pl jacht (slick and light ship) · fr yacht (slick and light ship) · lv jahta (slick and light ship) · sv jakt (slick and light ship) · sv yacht (slick and light ship) · gd sgoth-long (any private noncommercial vessel) · cs jachta (slick and light ship) · ro iaht (slick and light ship) · sq jaht (slick and light ship) · sk jachta (slick and light ship) · cmn 游艇 (slick and light ship) · ga luamh (slick and light ship) · be я́хта (slick and light ship) · de Yacht (any private noncommercial vessel) · ky яхта (slick and light ship) · ja ボート (any private noncommercial vessel) · vo yakt (any private noncommercial vessel) · fa یات (slick and light ship) · hu jacht (slick and light ship) · nn yacht (slick and light ship) · ms kapal pesiar (slick and light ship) · nl jacht (slick and light ship) · fi huvialus (any private noncommercial vessel) · nb yacht (slick and light ship) · ar يَخْت (slick and light ship) · el γιοτ (slick and light ship) · th ยอชต์ (slick and light ship) · ja ヨット (slick and light ship) · bg яхта (any private noncommercial vessel) · sh ја̏хта (slick and light ship) · mi iata (slick and light ship) · th เรือใบ (slick and light ship) · lo ເຮືອໃບ (slick and light ship) · de Jacht (any private noncommercial vessel) · vi du thuyền (slick and light ship) · vo yakt (slick and light ship) · km ទូកកម្សាន្ត (slick and light ship) · eo jaĥto (slick and light ship) · eo jakto (slick and light ship) · ru я́хта (slick and light ship) · uz yaxta (slick and light ship) · uk я́хта (slick and light ship) · az yaxta (slick and light ship) · sh jȁhta (slick and light ship) · el θαλαμηγός (slick and light ship) · gl iate (slick and light ship) · gd gheat (any private noncommercial vessel) · kk яхта (slick and light ship) · da yacht (slick and light ship) · tr yat (slick and light ship) · my ရွက်လှေ (slick and light ship) · gd gheat (slick and light ship) · ko 요트 (slick and light ship) · de Jacht (slick and light ship) · ka იახტა (slick and light ship) · oc iòt (slick and light ship) · hy զբոսանավ (slick and light ship) · hi याख़्ट (slick and light ship) · hu jacht (any private noncommercial vessel) · chr ᏥᏳ (slick and light ship) · gd sgoth-long (slick and light ship)