lightship

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From light (noun) + ship (noun). Cognate with Middle Low German lüchteschip (“lightship”), Dutch lichtschip (“lightship”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кораб-фар (korab-far) — lightship
• Bulgarian: плаващ фар (plavašt far) — lightship
• Chinese Mandarin: 灯塔船 (dēngtǎchuán) — lightship
• Czech: majáková loď — lightship
• Danish: fyrskib — lightship
• Dutch: lichtschip — lightship
• Esperanto: lumŝipo — lightship
• Faroese: vitaskip — lightship
• Finnish: majakka-alus — lightship
• Finnish: majakkalaiva — lightship
• French: bateau-phare — lightship
• French: bateau-feu — lightship
• Georgian: გემ-შუქურა (gem-šukura) — lightship
• German: Feuerschiff — lightship
• Greek: φαρόπλοιο (faróploio) — lightship
• Greek: καραβοφάναρο (karavofánaro) — lightship
• Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת מִגְדַּלּוֹר (oniyát migdalór) — lightship
• Icelandic: vitaskip — lightship
• Irish: long sholais — lightship
• Italian: nave-faro — lightship
• Japanese: 灯台船 (tōdaisen) — lightship
• Korean: 등선 (deungseon) — lightship
• Latvian: peldošā bāka — lightship
• Macedonian: брод све́тилник (brod svétilnik) — lightship
• Macedonian: све́тлосен брод (svétlosen brod) — lightship
• Norwegian Bokmål: fyrskip — lightship
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fyrskip — lightship
• Polish: latarniowiec — lightship
• Portuguese: navio-farol — lightship
• Romanian: navă-far — lightship
• Russian: плаву́чий мая́к (plavúčij maják) — lightship
• Serbo-Croatian: бро̑д-свјетио̀нӣк — lightship
• Serbo-Croatian: лигхтсхип — lightship
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̏јтшӣп — lightship
• Serbo-Croatian: brȏd-svjetiònīk — lightship
• Serbo-Croatian: lightship — lightship
• Serbo-Croatian: lȁjtšīp — lightship
• Slovak: majáková loď — lightship
• Slovene: svetilniška ladja — lightship
• Spanish: buque faro — lightship
• Swedish: fyrskepp — lightship
• Swedish: fyrfartyg — lightship
• Ukrainian: плавучий маяк (plavučyj majak) — lightship