Phrase guide

man overboard

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شخصٌ سقط في الماء (shakhson saqata fi alma') — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Catalan: home a l'aigua — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Chinese: 有人落落來水 /有人落落来水 (ū-lâng lak-lo̍h--lâi chúi / ǔ-lâng lak-lo̍h--lâi chúi) — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有人落水 (yǒurén luòshuǐ) — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有人掉水里了 (yǒurén diào shuǐ lǐ le) — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Czech: muž přes palubu — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Dutch: man overboord — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Estonian: mees üle parda — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Finnish: mies yli laidan — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • French: un homme à la mer — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • German: Mann über Bord — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Greek: άνθρωπος στη θάλασσα (ánthropos sti thálassa) — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Hebrew: אָדָם בַּיָם (adám bayám) — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Hungarian: ember a vízben — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Irish: fear i bhfarraige — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Italian: uomo a mare — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Polish: człowiek za burtą — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Portuguese: homem ao mar — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Russian: человек за бортом (čelovek za bortom) — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Spanish: hombre al agua — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Swedish: man över bord — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Tagalog: may nahulog sa tubig — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Welsh: dyn yn y môr — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side
  • Zazaki: gunaya miyan ro — cry indicating someone has fallen over the side