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The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the lowermost sail on the mainmast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
Narrower terms: main course
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
грот
(hrot)
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Bulgarian:
грот
(grot)
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Catalan:
vela mestra
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Catalan:
vela major
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Chinese Mandarin:
主帆
(zhǔfān)
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Danish:
storsejl
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Dutch:
grootzeil
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Esperanto:
ĉefvelo
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Esperanto:
grandvelo
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Finnish:
isopurje
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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French:
grand-voile
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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German:
Großsegel
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Indonesian:
layar agung
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Irish:
seol mór
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Italian:
vela maestra
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Italian:
randa
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Māori:
rā turuturu matua
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Norman:
grand' vaile
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Norwegian Bokmål:
storseil
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Polish:
grot
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Portuguese:
vela grande
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Russian:
грот
(grot)
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Scottish Gaelic:
prìomh-sheòl
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Spanish:
vela mayor
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Ukrainian:
грот
(hrot)
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
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Welsh:
prif hwyl
— largest sail on a sailing vessel
