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felucca

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • "The ghostly feluccas passing along the canal are crewed by ghouls with wrapped heads." Lawrence Durrell, Justine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sailing vessel, sailing ship

History

Etymology

From Italian feluca, from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: faluca — sailing boat
  • Dutch: feloek — sailing boat
  • French: felouque — sailing boat
  • Galician: falúa — sailing boat
  • Georgian: ფელუკა (peluḳa) — sailing boat
  • Greek: φελούκα (feloúka) — sailing boat
  • Hebrew: פֶלוּקָה (feluka) — sailing boat
  • Hungarian: felukka — sailing boat
  • Māori: wharuka — sailing boat
  • Mingrelian: ფილუკა (piluḳa) — sailing boat
  • Portuguese: falua — sailing boat
  • Romanian: felucă — sailing boat
  • Russian: фелу́ка (felúka) — sailing boat
  • Spanish: falúa — sailing boat
  • Spanish: faluca — sailing boat
  • Turkish: filika — sailing boat
  • Welsh: ffelwca — sailing boat