bowsprit

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• /ˈbəʊspɹɪt/
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First attested in late 13th century. Probably borrowed from Middle Low German bochspret, from boch (“bow of a ship”) + spret (“pole”) (related to Old English spreot and English sprout).

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: бушприт (bušprit) — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Catalan: bauprès — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 船首斜桅 (chuánshǒu xiéwéi) — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 艏斜桅 (shǒuxiéwéi) — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Czech: čelen — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Danish: bovspryd — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Dutch: boegspriet — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Esperanto: busprito — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Estonian: pukspriit — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Finnish: kokkapuu — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Finnish: keulapuomi — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Finnish: puksprööti — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• French: beaupré — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• German: Bugspriet — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Italian: bompresso — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Japanese: バウスプリット (bausupuritto) — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Old English: forþstefn — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Old English: forþstemn — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Polish: bukszpryt — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Polish: dziobak — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Portuguese: gurupés — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Romanian: bompres — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Russian: бушпри́т (bušprít) — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Spanish: bauprés — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Swahili: dasturi — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Swedish: bogspröt — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel
• Welsh: bolsbryd — spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel