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motor ship

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A seagoing vessel powered by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel. Compare with steamship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: motorlu gəmi — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Azerbaijani: teploxod — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Dutch: motorschip — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Finnish: moottorilaiva — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Finnish: moottorialus — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Greek: μότορσιπ (mótorsip) — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Mon: မဝ်တာက္ၜၚ် (ma.wtākḅaṅ) — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: motorskip — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: motorskip — ship powered by an internal combustion engine
  • Russian: теплоход (teploxod) — ship powered by an internal combustion engine