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regatta

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈɡætə/
  • /ɹɪˈɡɑtə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ætə
  • rhymes with -ɑːtə
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 G AA1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A striped cotton fabric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a meeting for boat races

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meet, sports meeting

History

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta (“contention for mastery”), from regattare (“compete, haggle, sell at retail”), possibly from ricattare; or from Italian regata (“boat race, regatta”), via Vulgar Latin *aurigata from Latin auriga.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: регата (regata) — boat race
  • Czech: regata — boat race
  • Finnish: purjehduskilpailu — boat race
  • Finnish: regatta — boat race
  • French: régate — boat race
  • Greek: ρεγκάτα (regkáta) — boat race
  • Hebrew: רֶגָטָה (regatta) — boat race
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲרוּת שַׁיִט (takharut shayit) — boat race
  • Malay: regata — boat race
  • Malay: perlumbaan perahu — boat race
  • Malayalam: വള്ളംകളി (vaḷḷaṅkaḷi) — boat race
  • Māori: whakataetae waka — boat race
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regatta — boat race
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: regatta — boat race
  • Polish: regaty — boat race
  • Spanish: regata — boat race
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