pirate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ̯ɹɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈpaɪɹət/
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• South-Asia: /paiɾeːʈ/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AY1 R AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pirate, pirat, pyrat, from Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta (“pirate”), from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for both "pirate" and "viking".

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: gepirateerd — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Finnish: piraatti — illegal imitated or reproduced
• French: piraté — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Greek: πειρατικός (peiratikós) — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Hungarian: kalóz — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Icelandic: sjóræningi — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Malay: cetak rompak — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Norwegian: piratkopiert — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Polish: piracki — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Portuguese: pirateado — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Russian: пира́тский (pirátskij) — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Turkish: korsan — illegal imitated or reproduced
• Afrikaans: seerower — one who plunders at sea
• Albanian: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Arabic: قُرْصَان (qurṣān) — one who plunders at sea
• Armenian: ծովահեն (covahen) — one who plunders at sea
• Asturian: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Azerbaijani: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Belarusian: піра́т (pirát) — one who plunders at sea
• Bengali: জলদস্যু (joldosśu) — one who plunders at sea
• Breton: morlaer — one who plunders at sea
• Bulgarian: пира́т (pirát) — one who plunders at sea
• Burmese: ပင်လယ်ဓားပြ (panglaidha:pra.) — one who plunders at sea
• Catalan: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Chinese Cantonese: 海盜 /海盗 (hoi2 dou6) — one who plunders at sea
• Chinese Mandarin: 海盜 /海盗 (hǎidào) — one who plunders at sea
• Chinese Mandarin: 海賊 /海贼 (hǎizéi) — one who plunders at sea
• Cornish: morlader — one who plunders at sea
• Cornish: morladres — one who plunders at sea
• Czech: pirát — one who plunders at sea
• Danish: sørøver — one who plunders at sea
• Danish: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Dutch: piraat — one who plunders at sea
• Dutch: zeerover — one who plunders at sea
• Dutch: kaper — one who plunders at sea
• Dutch: vrijbuiter — one who plunders at sea
• Dutch: boekanier — one who plunders at sea
• Esperanto: pirato — one who plunders at sea
• Esperanto: marrabisto — one who plunders at sea
• Estonian: piraat — one who plunders at sea
• Estonian: mereröövel — one who plunders at sea
• Faroese: sjórænari — one who plunders at sea
• Finnish: merirosvo — one who plunders at sea
• French: pirate — one who plunders at sea
• French: corsaire — one who plunders at sea
• French: boucanier (buccaneer) — one who plunders at sea
• French: flibustier — one who plunders at sea
• Galician: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Georgian: მეკობრე (meḳobre) — one who plunders at sea
• German: Pirat — one who plunders at sea
• German: Seeräuber — one who plunders at sea
• German: Korsar — one who plunders at sea
• Greek: πειρατής (peiratís) — one who plunders at sea
• Greek: πειρατίνα (peiratína) — one who plunders at sea
• Ancient Greek: πειρατής (peiratḗs) — one who plunders at sea
• Gujarati: ચાંચિયો (cā̃ciyo) — one who plunders at sea
• Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד יָם (shodéd yam) — one who plunders at sea
• Hebrew: בּוּקָנִיר (bukanir) — one who plunders at sea
• Hindi: जलदस्यु (jaldasyu) — one who plunders at sea
• Hindi: समुद्री डाकू (samudrī ḍākū) — one who plunders at sea
• Hindi: समुद्री लुटेरा (samudrī luṭerā) — one who plunders at sea
• Hindi: जहाज़ी डाकू (jahāzī ḍākū) — one who plunders at sea
• Hindi: जलडाकू (jalḍākū) — one who plunders at sea
• Hungarian: kalóz — one who plunders at sea
• Icelandic: sjóræningi — one who plunders at sea
• Ido: pirato — one who plunders at sea
• Indonesian: bajak laut — one who plunders at sea
• Irish: píoráid — one who plunders at sea
• Irish: foghlaí mara — one who plunders at sea
• Italian: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Italian: corsaro — one who plunders at sea
• Italian: bucaniere — one who plunders at sea
• Japanese: 海賊 (kaizoku) — one who plunders at sea
• Kannada: ಕಡಲುಗಳ್ಳ (kaḍalugaḷḷa) — one who plunders at sea
• Kannada: ಸಮುದ್ರಚೋರ (samudracōra) — one who plunders at sea
• Kannada: ಕೃತಿ ಚೋರ (kṛti cōra) — one who plunders at sea
• Kannada: ಸ್ವಾಮ್ಯ ಚೋರ (svāmya cōra) — one who plunders at sea
• Kazakh: қарақшы (qaraqşy) — one who plunders at sea
• Kazakh: пират (pirat) — one who plunders at sea
• Khmer: ចោរ (cao) — one who plunders at sea
• Korean: 해적 (haejeok) — one who plunders at sea
• Kyrgyz: пират (pirat) — one who plunders at sea
• Kyrgyz: каракчы (karakcı) — one who plunders at sea
• Lao: ໂຈນສລັດ (chōn sa lat) — one who plunders at sea
• Lao: ສະຫລັດ (sa lat) — one who plunders at sea
• Lao: ສລັດ (sa lat) — one who plunders at sea
• Latin: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Latvian: pirāts — one who plunders at sea
• Lithuanian: piratas — one who plunders at sea
• Lithuanian: jūrinas — one who plunders at sea
• Macedonian: пират (pirat) — one who plunders at sea
• Macedonian: гусар (gusar) — one who plunders at sea
• Malay: lanun — one who plunders at sea
• Maltese: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Māori: kaipāhua tai — one who plunders at sea
• Māori: kaitiora — one who plunders at sea
• Norman: pirate — one who plunders at sea
• Norwegian: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjørøver — one who plunders at sea
• Norwegian Bokmål: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjørøvar — one who plunders at sea
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Occitan: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Old English: wīċing — one who plunders at sea
• Persian: دزد دریایی (dozd-e daryâyi) — one who plunders at sea
• Polish: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Polish: korsarz — one who plunders at sea
• Polish: bukanier — one who plunders at sea
• Portuguese: corsário — one who plunders at sea
• Portuguese: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Portuguese: bucaneiro — one who plunders at sea
• Romanian: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Russian: пира́т (pirát) — one who plunders at sea
• Russian: пира́тка (pirátka) — one who plunders at sea
• Russian: корса́р (korsár) — one who plunders at sea
• Russian: флибустье́р (flibustʹjér) — one who plunders at sea
• Scottish Gaelic: spùinneadair — one who plunders at sea
• Serbo-Croatian: пират — one who plunders at sea
• Serbo-Croatian: гусар — one who plunders at sea
• Serbo-Croatian: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Serbo-Croatian: gusar — one who plunders at sea
• Sicilian: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Slovak: pirát — one who plunders at sea
• Slovene: gusar — one who plunders at sea
• Slovene: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Somali: burcad badeed — one who plunders at sea
• Spanish: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Spanish: bucanero — one who plunders at sea
• Swahili: haramia — one who plunders at sea
• Swedish: sjörövare — one who plunders at sea
• Swedish: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Swedish: buckanjär — one who plunders at sea
• Tagalog: tulisang-dagat — one who plunders at sea
• Tagalog: pirata — one who plunders at sea
• Tagalog: lintawanin — one who plunders at sea
• Tajik: роҳзани дарёӣ (rohzan-i daryoyi) — one who plunders at sea
• Tajik: роҳзани баҳрӣ (rohzan-i bahri) — one who plunders at sea
• Tajik: ғоратгар (ġoratgar) — one who plunders at sea
• Tajik: дузд (duzd) — one who plunders at sea
• Tajik: карақчи (karaqč-i) — one who plunders at sea
• Tamil: கடற்கொள்ளையன் (kaṭaṟkoḷḷaiyaṉ) — one who plunders at sea
• Tamil: கடற்கொள்ளைக்காரன் (kaṭaṟkoḷḷaikkāraṉ) — one who plunders at sea
• Telugu: దొంగవాడ (doṅgavāḍa) — one who plunders at sea
• Thai: โจรสลัด (joon-sà-làt) — one who plunders at sea
• Tibetan: མཚོ་ཇག (mtsho jag) — one who plunders at sea
• Turkish: korsan — one who plunders at sea
• Ottoman Turkish: قرصان (korsan) — one who plunders at sea
• Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melik) — one who plunders at sea
• Turkmen: garakçy — one who plunders at sea
• Turkmen: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Ukrainian: піра́т (pirát) — one who plunders at sea
• Uzbek: qaroqchi — one who plunders at sea
• Uzbek: pirat — one who plunders at sea
• Uzbek: dengiz qaroqchisi — one who plunders at sea
• Vietnamese: cướp biển — one who plunders at sea
• Vietnamese: hải tặc — one who plunders at sea
• Welsh: herwlongwr — one who plunders at sea
• Welsh: peirat — one who plunders at sea
• Bulgarian: пиратски кораб (piratski korab) — armed ship
• Chinese Mandarin: 海盜船 /海盗船 (hǎidàochuán) — armed ship
• Finnish: merirosvolaiva — armed ship
• Galician: barco pirata — armed ship
• German: Piratenschiff — armed ship
• Hindi: दस्युपोत (dasyupot) — armed ship
• Hindi: दस्यु-जहाज़ (dasyu-jahāz) — armed ship
• Hindi: दस्यु-नौका (dasyu-naukā) — armed ship
• Hungarian: kalózhajó — armed ship
• Japanese: 海賊船 (kaizokusen) — armed ship
• Korean: 해적선 (haejeokseon) — armed ship
• Russian: пиратский корабль (piratskij korablʹ) — armed ship
• Sicilian: navi pirata — armed ship
• Spanish: barco pirata — armed ship
• Bulgarian: плагиат (plagiat) — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Catalan: pirata — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜版業者 /盗版业者 (dàobǎn yèzhě) — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Czech: pirát — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Danish: pirat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Dutch: piraat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Estonian: piraat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Faroese: piratur — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Finnish: piraatti — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• French: pirate — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Galician: pirata — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• German: Pirat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• German: Raubkopierer — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Greek: πειρατής (peiratís) — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Hungarian: kalóz — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Japanese: 海賊 (kaizoku) — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Norwegian Bokmål: pirat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pirat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Polish: pirat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Portuguese: pirata — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Russian: пира́т (pirát) — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Sicilian: pirata — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Spanish: pirata — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Swedish: pirat — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Turkish: korsan — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Welsh: copïwr anghyfreithlon — one who breaks intellectual property laws
• Catalan: piratejar — appropriate by piracy
• Dutch: pirateren — appropriate by piracy
• Dutch: zeeroven — appropriate by piracy
• Finnish: kaapata — appropriate by piracy
• French: pirater — appropriate by piracy
• Galician: piratear — appropriate by piracy
• Greek: κουρσεύω (koursévo) — appropriate by piracy
• Hungarian: kalózkodik — appropriate by piracy
• Italian: pirateggiare — appropriate by piracy
• Portuguese: piratear — appropriate by piracy
• Spanish: piratear — appropriate by piracy
• Catalan: piratejar — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Chinese Mandarin: 盗版 (dàobǎn) — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜版 /盗版 (dàobǎn) — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Danish: piratkopiere — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Dutch: pirateren — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Finnish: harjoittaa piratismia — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• French: pirater — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Galician: piratear — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• German: raubkopieren — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• German: schwarzkopieren — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Greek: πειρατεύω (peiratévo) — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Hungarian: kalózkodik — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Malay: mencetak rompak — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Norwegian: piratkopiere — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Polish: piracić — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Polish: piratować — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Portuguese: piratear — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Spanish: piratear — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Tagalog: mamirata — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Turkish: korsanlamak — make and/or sell an illegal copy
• Esperanto: pirati — engage in piracy
• Finnish: harjoittaa merirosvousta — engage in piracy
• Polish: piracić — engage in piracy
• Polish: spiracić — engage in piracy
• Russian: пиратить (piratitʹ) — engage in piracy
• Russian: спиратить (spiratitʹ) — engage in piracy
• Russian: пиратствовать (piratstvovatʹ) — engage in piracy
• Spanish: piratear — engage in piracy