yacht
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yacht¹
- /jɒt/ UK
- /jɑt/ US
Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
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.
noun yachts
- 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?
- Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes. “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
verb yachts · yachting · yachted
- To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.
Yacht²
proper noun
- A type of dice game, similar to the Latin American game Generala.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: racing yacht, boat, sailboat, vessel, boating, ship, sailing, cruiser, seafaring, marina, racing, cabin, clipper, hunting, hunt, barca
Translations
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noun slick and light ship
| Español | yate |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 요트 yoteu |
| 日本語 | ヨット yotto |
| 中文 | 游艇 yóutǐng |
| हिन्दी | याख़्ट yāxṭ |
| Português | iate |
| Français | yacht |
| Deutsch | Yacht, Jacht |
| Italiano | panfilo, yacht |
| Ελληνικά | γιοτ giot, θαλαμηγός thalamigós |
| Română | iaht |
| Русский | я́хта jáxta |
| Tiếng Việt | du thuyền |
| العربية | يَخْت yaḵt |
| עברית | יאכטה yakhta |
noun any private noncommercial vessel
| 日本語 | 船 fune, ボート bōto |
|---|---|
| Français | yacht |
| Deutsch | Yacht, Jacht |
| Ελληνικά | θαλαμηγός thalamigós |
| עברית | יכטה yakhta |
verb to voyage in a yacht
| Español | ir en yate |
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title = {yacht},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yacht},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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