sail

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From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.

From Middle English sailen, saylen, seilen, seilien, from Old English seġlan, siġlan (“to sail”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglijan, from *siglijaną. Cognate with West Frisian sile, Low German seilen, Dutch zeilen, German segeln, Danish sejle, Swedish segla, Icelandic sigla.

340 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: layeue — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Afrikaans: seil — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Aklanon: eayag — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Albanian: pëlhurë — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Albanian: vel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Southern Altai: парус (parus) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Amharic: የመርከብ ሸራ (yämärkäb šära) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Arabic: شِرَاع (širāʕ) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Aragonese: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Armenian: առագաստ (aṙagast) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Aromanian: vel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Asturian: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Azerbaijani: yelkən — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Bashkir: елкән (yelkən) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Belarusian: па́рус (párus) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Belarusian: ве́тразь (vjétrazʹ) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Bengali: পাল (pal) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Breton: gouel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Bulgarian: платно́ (platnó) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Bulgarian: ветри́ло (vetrílo) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Burmese: လင်းယဉ် (lang:yany) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Catalan: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chamicuro: wela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chinese Cantonese: 帆 (faan4) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chinese Cantonese: 𢃇 (lei5) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chinese: фынҗонзы (fɨnžonzɨ) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chinese: 篷 (phâng) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chinese Mandarin: 帆 (fān) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Chinese Mandarin: 風帆 /风帆 (fēngfān) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• West Circassian: анезе (aneze) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Coptic: ⲗⲁⲩⲟ (lauo) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Czech: plachta — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Dalmatian: vaila — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Danish: sejl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Dutch: zeil — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Erzya: мевть (mevť) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Esperanto: velo — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Estonian: puri — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Faroese: segl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Fijian: laca — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Fijian: laya — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Finnish: purje — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• French: voile — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Saterland Frisian: Sail — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• West-Frisian: seil — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Friulian: vele — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Galician: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Georgian: აფრა (apra) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Georgian: იალქანი (ialkani) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• German: Segel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Greek: πανί (paní) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ancient Greek: ἱστίον (histíon) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Gujarati: આભેસ (ābhes) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Hawaiian: lā — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Hebrew: מִפְרָשׂ (mifrás) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Higaonon: lawig — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Hindi: पाल (pāl) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Hungarian: vitorla — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Hunsrik: Sehl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Icelandic: segl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ido: seglo — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Indonesian: layar — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ingrian: seili — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ingrian: purje — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Iranun: layag — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Irish: seol — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Old Irish: séol — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Italian: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Japanese: 帆 (ho) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Javanese: layar — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Old Javanese: layar — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kalmyk: җилк (jilk) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kannada: ಹಾಯಿ (hāyi) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kashubian: żôdżel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kazakh: желкен (jelken) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Khmer: ក្ដោង (kdaong) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Korean: 돛 (dot) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kyrgyz: парус (parus) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kyrgyz: желкин (jelkin) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Lao: ໃບລົມ (bai lom) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Lao: ໃບ (bai) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Latin: vēlum — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Latvian: bura — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Lithuanian: burė — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Luxembourgish: Segel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Macedonian: пла́тно (plátno) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Macedonian: е́дро (édro) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Malay: layar — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Maltese: qlugħ — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mansaka: layag — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Manx: shiaull — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Māori: rā — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Māori: rāwhara — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Māori: kōmaru — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Central Melanau: layah — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mingrelian: არფა (arpa) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mingrelian: არქანი (arkani) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mingrelian: ერქემი (erkemi) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mirandese: ala — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mirandese: bela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mongolian: дарвуул (darvuul) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mongolian: далбаа (dalbaa) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Mwani: tanga — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Nogai: елкен (yelken) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Norman: vaile — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Norwegian Bokmål: seil — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: segl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Occitan: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Odia: ପାଲ (pāla) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Old English: seġl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Old Tupi: aoba — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Pashto: بادبان (bādbān) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Pashto: بادوان (bādwān) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Iranian Persian: بادْبان (bâdbân) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Piedmontese: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Plautdietsch: Säajel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Polish: żagiel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Portuguese: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Romanian: velă — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Romanian: pânză — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Romansh: tenda — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Romansh: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Romansh: vel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Russian: па́рус (párus) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Russian: ветри́ло (vetrílo) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Kildin-Sami: порьяс (por’jas) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Samoan: lā — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Sardinian: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Sardinian: bela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Scottish Gaelic: seòl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Serbo-Croatian: је̏дро — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Serbo-Croatian: jȅdro — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Slovak: plachta — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Old Slovak: žehlovať — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Slovene: jadro — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Spanish: vela — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Swedish: segel — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Tagalog: layag — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Tajik: бодбон (bodbon) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Tamil: கப்பற்பாய் (kappaṟpāy) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Tatar: җилкән (cilkän) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Tausug: layag — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Telugu: తెరచాప (teracāpa) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ternate: side — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Tetum: laan — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Thai: ใบเรือ (bai rʉʉa) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Thai: ใบ (bai) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Turkish: yelken — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ottoman Turkish: یلكن (yelken) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ottoman Turkish: بادبان (badban) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ottoman Turkish: شراع (şiraʿ) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Turkmen: ýelken — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ukrainian: вітри́ло (vitrýlo) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Ukrainian: па́рус (párus) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Urdu: پال (pāl) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Uyghur: يەلكەن (yelken) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Uzbek: yelkan — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Venetan: véla — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Vietnamese: buồm — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Volapük: sail — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Welsh: hwyl — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Yiddish: זעגל (zegl) — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Zhuang: gangfung — a piece of fabric attached to a boat
• Bulgarian: ветрохо́дство (vetrohódstvo) — power harnessed by sails
• Estonian: purjejõud — power harnessed by sails
• Finnish: purjeet — power harnessed by sails
• French: voile — power harnessed by sails
• Macedonian: е́дрење (édrenje) — power harnessed by sails
• Norman: vaile — power harnessed by sails
• Czech: plavba — a trip in a boat
• Danish: sejltur — a trip in a boat
• Dutch: zeiltocht — a trip in a boat
• Estonian: purjetamine — a trip in a boat
• Finnish: purjehdus — a trip in a boat
• French: balade en mer — a trip in a boat
• French: balade en voilier — a trip in a boat
• German: Törn — a trip in a boat
• Greek: ίστιο (ístio) — a trip in a boat
• Icelandic: sigling — a trip in a boat
• Macedonian: е́дрење (édrenje) — a trip in a boat
• Macedonian: пло́видба (plóvidba) — a trip in a boat
• Māori: rerenga — a trip in a boat
• Norwegian Bokmål: seiltur — a trip in a boat
• Portuguese: velejada — a trip in a boat
• Serbo-Croatian: jedrenje — a trip in a boat
• Serbo-Croatian: plòvidba — a trip in a boat
• Swedish: seglats — a trip in a boat
• Swedish: segeltur — a trip in a boat
• Swedish: segling — a trip in a boat
• Tagalog: layag — a trip in a boat
• Telugu: పడవ ప్రయాణం (paḍava prayāṇaṁ) — a trip in a boat
• Bulgarian: крило́ (kriló) — the blade of a windmill
• Catalan: aspa — the blade of a windmill
• Czech: lopatka — the blade of a windmill
• Estonian: laba — the blade of a windmill
• Finnish: siipi — the blade of a windmill
• French: aile — the blade of a windmill
• German: Windmühlenflügel — the blade of a windmill
• Hungarian: lapát — the blade of a windmill
• Ingrian: siipi — the blade of a windmill
• Italian: pala — the blade of a windmill
• Macedonian: кри́ло (krílo) — the blade of a windmill
• Mirandese: bela — the blade of a windmill
• Polish: skrzydło — the blade of a windmill
• Polish: śmiga — the blade of a windmill
• Portuguese: pá — the blade of a windmill
• Russian: крыло́ (kryló) — the blade of a windmill
• Lower Sorbian: łopatka — the blade of a windmill
• Spanish: aspa — the blade of a windmill
• Spanish: álabe — the blade of a windmill
• Welsh: asgell — the blade of a windmill
• Welsh: hwyl — the blade of a windmill
• Czech: věž — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• Finnish: torni — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• French: kiosque — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• French: massif — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• German: Turm — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• Italian: vela — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• Polish: kiosk — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• Russian: боева́я ру́бка (bojevája rúbka) — a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
• Finnish: uimakello — floating organ of siphonophores
• French: flotteur — floating organ of siphonophores
• French: pneumatophore — floating organ of siphonophores
• Polish: pęcherz powietrzny — floating organ of siphonophores
• Polish: pneumatofor — floating organ of siphonophores
• Portuguese: crista — floating organ of siphonophores
• Russian: па́рус (párus) — floating organ of siphonophores
• Finnish: selkäpurje — paleontology: outward projection of the spine
• Spanish: vela — paleontology: outward projection of the spine
• Albanian: velëzoj — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Arabic: أَبْحَرَ (ʔabḥara) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Arabic: أبحر (ʔabḥar) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Arabic: ركب (rekeb) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Asturian: navegar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Belarusian: пла́ваць (plávacʹ) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Belarusian: папла́ваць (paplávacʹ) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Belarusian: плыць (plycʹ) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Belarusian: паплы́ць (paplýcʹ) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Catalan: navegar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Chinese Mandarin: 行船 (xíngchuán) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Chinese Mandarin: 航行 (hángxíng) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Chinese Mandarin: 航海 (hánghǎi) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Czech: plavit se — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Czech: plout — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Danish: sejle — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Dutch: zeilen — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Estonian: purjetama — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Estonian: seilama — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Finnish: purjehtia — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Finnish: seilata — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• French: voguer — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• French: gouverner — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• French: faire du bateau — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• French: faire de la voile — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• French: naviguer — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Galician: navegar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• German: segeln — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (farjan) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Greek: πλέω (pléo) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Ancient Greek: πλέω (pléō) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Hebrew: שט (shat) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Hebrew: הפליג (hiflíg) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Hungarian: hajózik — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Hunsrik: sehle — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Icelandic: sigla — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Ingrian: seilata — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Ingrian: purjehtia — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Interlingua: navigar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Irish: seol — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Middle Irish: seólaid — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Italian: navigare a vela — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Italian: veleggiare — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Italian: condurre — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Japanese: 航海する (kōkai suru) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Japanese: 帆走する (hansō suru) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Latin: velificor — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Latin: nāvigō — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Luxembourgish: segelen — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Malay: berkelana — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Māori: wharau — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Norman: navidgi — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Norwegian Bokmål: seile — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Old Church Slavonic: плавати (plavati) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Old English: siġlan — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Polish: żeglować — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Polish: pływać — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Polish: płynąć — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Portuguese: velejar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Romanian: naviga — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Russian: плыть под паруса́ми (plytʹ pod parusámi) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Russian: плыть (plytʹ) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Sanskrit: प्लवते (plavate) — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Scottish Gaelic: seòl — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Serbo-Croatian: jèdriti — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Serbo-Croatian: plòviti — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Sicilian: navigari — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Slovene: jadrati — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Spanish: navegar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Spanish: singlar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Spanish: timonear — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Spanish: navegar a vela — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Spanish: hacer velerismo — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Swedish: segla — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Turkish: açılmak — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Turkish: denize açılmak — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Venetan: navegar — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Volapük: sailön — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Welsh: hwylio — to ride in a boat, especially sailboat
• Bulgarian: нося се (nosja se) — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Czech: plachtit — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Czech: plout — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Danish: sejle — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Danish: flyve — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Dutch: zeilen — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Estonian: lendlema — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Finnish: liitää — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• French: voler — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• German: segeln — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• German: gleiten — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Greek: αρμενίζω (armenízo) — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Hungarian: száll — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Hungarian: röppen — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Italian: veleggiare — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Norwegian Bokmål: seile — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Norwegian Bokmål: sveve — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Portuguese: deslizar — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Romanian: naviga — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Serbo-Croatian: jèdriti — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Serbo-Croatian: plòviti — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Serbo-Croatian: klíziti — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Slovene: jadrati — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Swedish: segla — to move briskly and gracefully through the air
• Danish: sejle — to move briskly but sedately
• Danish: komme brusende — to move briskly but sedately
• Finnish: purjehtia — to move briskly but sedately
• German: segeln — to move briskly but sedately
• German: schweben — to move briskly but sedately
• Norwegian Bokmål: seile — to move briskly but sedately
• Norwegian Bokmål: sveve — to move briskly but sedately
• Romanian: naviga — to move briskly but sedately