Phrase guide

cargo ship

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A ship that carries cargo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: cargo vessel

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freighter, cargoman, cargo vessel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merchant ship, merchantman, ship, watercraft, vessel

2

noun

Meaning 2

a ship designed to carry cargo

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cargo vessel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ship

Narrower terms: banana boat, bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship, cattleship, cattle boat, container ship, containership, container vessel, Liberty ship, oil tanker, oiler, tanker, tank ship

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَفِينَة شَحَن (safīnat šaḥan) — ship that carries cargo
  • Bulgarian: това́рен ко́раб (továren kórab) — ship that carries cargo
  • Catalan: vaixell de càrrega — ship that carries cargo
  • Catalan: carguer — ship that carries cargo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貨船 /货船 (huòchuán) — ship that carries cargo
  • Czech: nákladní loď — ship that carries cargo
  • Czech: obchodní loď — ship that carries cargo
  • Czech: přepravní loď — ship that carries cargo
  • Danish: lastskib — ship that carries cargo
  • Danish: fragtskib — ship that carries cargo
  • Danish: handelsskib — ship that carries cargo
  • Dutch: vrachtschip — ship that carries cargo
  • Finnish: rahtilaiva — ship that carries cargo
  • Finnish: kauppalaiva — ship that carries cargo
  • French: navire de charge — ship that carries cargo
  • French: cargo — ship that carries cargo
  • French: navire marchand — ship that carries cargo
  • Galician: cargueiro — ship that carries cargo
  • Georgian: სატვირთო გემი (saṭvirto gemi) — ship that carries cargo
  • Georgian: სატვირთო ხომალდი (saṭvirto xomaldi) — ship that carries cargo
  • German: Frachtschiff — ship that carries cargo
  • German: Handelsschiff — ship that carries cargo
  • German: Kauffahrteischiff — ship that carries cargo
  • Ancient Greek: ὁλκάς (holkás) — ship that carries cargo
  • Ancient Greek: φορτηγός (phortēgós) — ship that carries cargo
  • Hungarian: teherhajó — ship that carries cargo
  • Ido: komerconavo — ship that carries cargo
  • Ido: varonavo — ship that carries cargo
  • Irish: soitheach tráchtála — ship that carries cargo
  • Irish: long trádála — ship that carries cargo
  • Irish: árthach ceannaigh — ship that carries cargo
  • Italian: nave da trasporto — ship that carries cargo
  • Italian: nave cargo — ship that carries cargo
  • Italian: mercantile — ship that carries cargo
  • Japanese: 貨物船 (kamotsusen) — ship that carries cargo
  • Korean: 화물선 (hwamulseon) — ship that carries cargo
  • Latin: onerāria — ship that carries cargo
  • Māori: waka utanga — ship that carries cargo
  • Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł hééł bee nágéhé — ship that carries cargo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lastebåt — ship that carries cargo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lasteskip — ship that carries cargo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: handelsskip — ship that carries cargo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lastebåt — ship that carries cargo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lasteskip — ship that carries cargo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: handelsskip — ship that carries cargo
  • Old English: hlæstsċip — ship that carries cargo
  • Old English: ċēapsċip — ship that carries cargo
  • Polish: towarowiec — ship that carries cargo
  • Portuguese: cargueiro — ship that carries cargo
  • Romanian: cargobot — ship that carries cargo
  • Russian: грузово́е су́дно (gruzovóje súdno) — ship that carries cargo
  • Russian: торго́вое су́дно (torgóvoje súdno) — ship that carries cargo
  • Russian: сухогру́з (suxogrúz) — ship that carries cargo
  • Spanish: buque de carga — ship that carries cargo
  • Swedish: lastfartyg — ship that carries cargo
  • Turkish: kargo gemisi — ship that carries cargo