capsize

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• General-American: /ˈkæpsaɪz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kæpˈsaɪz/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -aɪz
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 P S AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Attested since 1788. Origin unknown. Possibly related to Spanish chapuzar (“to sink by the head”).

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Māori: huripokinga — The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing
• Māori: hurirapanga — The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing
• Polish: wywrócenie — The act or occurrence of overturning or capsizing
• Armenian: շրջվել (šrǰvel) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Belarusian: перакульвацца (pjerakulʹvacca) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Belarusian: перакуліцца (pjerakulicca) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Bulgarian: прекатурвам се (prekaturvam se) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Bulgarian: преобръщам се (preobrǎštam se) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Catalan: sotsobrar — (intransitive) to overturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 傾覆 /倾覆 (qīngfù) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻 (fān) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻覆 (fānfù) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Danish: kuldsejle — (intransitive) to overturn
• Danish: kæntre — (intransitive) to overturn
• Dutch: kapseizen — (intransitive) to overturn
• Faroese: kollsigla — (intransitive) to overturn
• Finnish: kaatua — (intransitive) to overturn
• French: chavirer — (intransitive) to overturn
• Galician: alagar — (intransitive) to overturn
• Galician: envorcar — (intransitive) to overturn
• German: kentern — (intransitive) to overturn
• Hungarian: felborul — (intransitive) to overturn
• Hungarian: felfordul — (intransitive) to overturn
• Icelandic: kollsigla — (intransitive) to overturn
• Irish: iompaigh béal faoi — (intransitive) to overturn
• Italian: capovolgersi — (intransitive) to overturn
• Italian: ribaltarsi — (intransitive) to overturn
• Italian: rovesciarsi — (intransitive) to overturn
• Japanese: 転覆する (tenpuku suru) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Japanese: 覆る (kutsugaeru) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Khmer: ក្រឡាប់ (krɑɑlap) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Korean: 뒤집다 (dwijipda) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Māori: hurirapa — (intransitive) to overturn
• Māori: tahuri — (intransitive) to overturn
• Māori: tūpoki — (intransitive) to overturn
• Mongolian: хөмрөх (xömröx) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Norwegian: kantre — (intransitive) to overturn
• Norwegian Bokmål: kollseile — (intransitive) to overturn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kollsegle — (intransitive) to overturn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kollsigla — (intransitive) to overturn
• Polish: wywracać się — (intransitive) to overturn
• Polish: wywrócić się — (intransitive) to overturn
• Polish: przewracać się — (intransitive) to overturn
• Polish: przewrócić się — (intransitive) to overturn
• Portuguese: soçobrar — (intransitive) to overturn
• Romanian: răsturna — (intransitive) to overturn
• Russian: опроки́дываться (oprokídyvatʹsja) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Russian: опроки́нуться (oprokínutʹsja) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Russian: перевора́чиваться (perevoráčivatʹsja) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Russian: переверну́ться (perevernútʹsja) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Spanish: zozobrar — (intransitive) to overturn
• Spanish: volcar — (intransitive) to overturn
• Swedish: kapsejsa — (intransitive) to overturn
• Thai: อับปาง (àp-bpaang) — (intransitive) to overturn
• Turkish: devirmek — (intransitive) to overturn
• Vietnamese: lật — (intransitive) to overturn
• Welsh: troi — (intransitive) to overturn
• Alabama: ɬipìili — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Belarusian: перакульваць (pjerakulʹvacʹ) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Belarusian: перакуліць (pjerakulicʹ) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Bulgarian: прекатурвам (prekaturvam) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Bulgarian: преобръщам (preobrǎštam) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 使傾覆 /使倾覆 (shǐ qīngfù) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Dutch: doen kapseizen — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Finnish: kaataa — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• French: faire chavirer — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• French: chavirer — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• German: zum Kentern bringen — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Ancient Greek: ἀνατρέπω (anatrépō) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Hebrew: הָפַךְ (hafakh) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Hungarian: felborít — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Hungarian: felfordít — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Italian: ribaltare — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Italian: capovolgere — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Japanese: 転覆させる (tenpuku saseru) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Korean: 뒤집히다 (dwijiphida) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Mongolian: хөмрүүлэх (xömrüülex) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Polish: wywracać — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Polish: wywrócić — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Polish: przewracać — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Polish: przewrócić — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Portuguese: soçobrar — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Russian: опроки́дывать (oprokídyvatʹ) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Russian: опроки́нуть (oprokínutʹ) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Russian: перевора́чивать (perevoráčivatʹ) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Russian: переверну́ть (perevernútʹ) — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Spanish: hacer volcar — (transitive) to cause to overturn
• Spanish: zozobrar — (transitive) to cause to overturn