noun
Meaning 1
A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
riverboat
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈɹɪvɚˌboʊt/
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CMU ARPABET: R IH1 V ER0 B OW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
From river + boat.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: říční loď — watercraft
- Dutch: binnenvaartschip — watercraft
- Esperanto: enlanda ŝipo — watercraft
- Finnish: jokivene — watercraft
- French: bateau fluvial — watercraft
- French: bateau-mouche — watercraft
- German: Binnenschiff — watercraft
- Greek: ποταμόπλοιο (potamóploio) — watercraft
- Hebrew: סְפִינַת נָהָר (sfinat nahar) — watercraft
- Hebrew: סְפִינַת נְהָרוֹת (sfinat neharot) — watercraft
- Norwegian Bokmål: elvebåt — watercraft
- Norwegian Nynorsk: elvebåt — watercraft
- Polish: łódź rzeczna — watercraft
- Russian: речно́й парохо́д (rečnój paroxód) — watercraft
- Spanish: barco fluvial — watercraft
- Swedish: flodbåt — watercraft
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