name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sailor
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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈseɪ.lɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.lə/
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rhymes with -eɪlə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S EY1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seafarer, seaman, mariner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
noun
Meaning 3
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seafarer, seaman, mariner, jack, tar, jacktar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
noun
Meaning 4
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seafarer, seaman, mariner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person
noun
Meaning 5
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
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noun
Meaning 6
A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, skimmer, straw hat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
noun
Meaning 9
a serviceman in the navy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
Narrower terms: coastguardsman, Navy SEAL, SEAL, striker, submariner
noun
Meaning 10
any member of a ship's crew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crewman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: hand, lascar, mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog, water dog, water rat, yachtsman, yachtswoman, Selkirk, Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk, Alexander Selcraig
History
Etymology
Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner.
Across languages
Translations
288 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afar: doniki num — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Akkadian: 𒈣𒁻 — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Albanian: detar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Albanian: marinar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Albanian: lundërtar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Arabic: بَحَّار (baḥḥār) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Arabic: بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Arabic: مَلَّاح (mallāḥ) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Arabic: نُوتِيّ (nūtiyy) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Arabic: نَوْتِيّ (nawtiyy) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Aramaic: מַלָּחָא (mallāḥā) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Aramaic: נַוְטָא (nawṭā) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Aramaic: ܡܠܚܐ (mallāḥā) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Aramaic: ܢܘܛܐ (nawṭā) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Armenian: նավաստի (navasti) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Armenian: նավազ (navaz) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Old Armenian: նաւաստի (nawasti) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Old Armenian: նաւազ (nawaz) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Assamese: নাৱিক (nawik) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Early Assamese: কাণ্ডাৰ (kaṇḍaro) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Asturian: marineru — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Asturian: marín — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Azerbaijani: dənizçi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Belarusian: матро́с (matrós) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Belarusian: мара́к (marák) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Belarusian: марапла́вец (maraplávjec) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Bengali: নাবিক (nabik) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Bengali: মাল্লা (malla) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Breton: martolod — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Bulgarian: моря́к (morják) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Bulgarian: матро́с (matrós) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Bulgarian: морепла́вател (moreplávatel) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Burmese: ခလာသီ (hka.lasi) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Burmese: သင်္ဘောသား (sangbhau:sa:) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Catalan: marí — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Catalan: mariner — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Catalan: marinera — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese Cantonese: 水手 (seoi2 sau2) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese Cantonese: 海員 /海员 (hoi2 jyun4) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese: фишу (fišu) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese: 水手 (zh-min-nan) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese: 海員 /海员 (hái-oân) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese Mandarin: 水手 (shuǐshǒu) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chinese Mandarin: 海員 /海员 (hǎiyuán) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chukchi: лельутвыткульын (lelʹutvytkulʹyn) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Chukchi: аӈӄаляйвыльын (aṇqaljajvylʹyn) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Czech: námořník — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Czech: mariňák — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Czech: mořeplavec — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Danish: matros — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Danish: sømand — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Dutch: matroos — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Dutch: zeeman — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Egyptian: s-qd-d-A30-A1 (sqd) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Esperanto: maristo — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Esperanto: maristino — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Estonian: madrus — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Estonian: meremees — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Faroese: sjómaður — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Finnish: matruusi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Finnish: merimies — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: matelot — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: matelote — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: femme matelot — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: femme-matelot — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: marin — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: femme marin — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- French: femme-marin — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Gagauz: denizçi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Galician: mariñeiro — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Galician: mariñeira — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Georgian: მეზღვაური (mezɣvauri) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- German: Matrose — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- German: Matrosin — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- German: Seemann — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- German: Seefrau — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- German: Seemännin — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Greek: ναύτης (náftis) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Greek: ναυτικός (naftikós) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ancient Greek: ναύτης (naútēs) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ancient Greek: ναυτίλος (nautílos) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Gujarati: ખલાસી (khalāsī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Gujarati: વહાણવટી (vahāṇavṭī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Gujarati: જહાજી (jahājī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Gujarati: નાવિક (nāvik) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Gujarati: મલ્લાહ (mallāh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hawaiian: kelamoku — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hawaiian: holomoku — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hebrew: מַלָּח (malákh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hebrew: יוֹרֵד יָם — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: नाविक (nāvik) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: मल्लाह (mallāh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: जहाज़ी (jahāzī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: माँझी (māñjhī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: केवट (kevaṭ) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: लशकर (laśkar) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: लश्कर (laśkar) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hindi: ख़लासी (xalāsī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hungarian: matróz — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hungarian: tengerész — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Hungarian: hajós — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Icelandic: sjómaður — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Icelandic: sjóari — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ido: maristo — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Igbo: ọnye n'asọ ụgbọ mmịrị — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Indonesian: pelayar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Indonesian: pelaut — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Indonesian: kelasi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ingrian: merimees — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Irish: maraí — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Istriot: mareîtimo — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: marinaio — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: marinaia — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: marittimo — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: marittima — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: navigante — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: navigatore — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Italian: navigatrice — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Japanese: 船員 (sen'in) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Japanese: 水夫 (suifu) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Japanese: 船乗り (funanori) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Japanese: 水兵 (suihei) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Japanese: セーラー (sērā) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Japanese: 海員 (kaiin) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Kazakh: теңізші (teñızşı) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Kazakh: кемеші (kemeşı) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Khmer: កម្មករនាវា (kamkɑɑ niəviə) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Khmer: នាវិក (niəvɨk) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Khmer: នាវិកា (niəvikaa) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Korean: 선원 (seonwon) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Korean: 수병 (subyeong) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Korean: 수부 (subu) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Korean: 해원 (haewon) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Northern Kurdish: deryavan — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Kyrgyz: деңизчи (deŋizci) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Kyrgyz: моряк (moryak) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Kyrgyz: матрос (matros) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Lao: ກະລາສີ (ka lā sī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Lao: ນາວິກ (nā wik) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latin: nauta — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latin: nāvita — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latin: marinarius — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latin: marinellus — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latvian: jūrnieks — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latvian: jūrniece — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latvian: kuģinieks — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latvian: kuģiniece — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Latvian: matrozis — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ligurian: mainâ — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Lithuanian: jūreivis — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Lithuanian: jūreivė — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Macedonian: морнар (mornar) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Macedonian: морепло́вец (moreplóvec) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Malagasy: baharia — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Malay: anak kapal — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Malay: kelasi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Malay: pelayar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Malay: pelaut — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Malayalam: ഖലാസി (khalāsi) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Maltese: baħri — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Manx: marrinagh — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Māori: kauhoe — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Māori: kaumoana — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Māori: heramana — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Marathi: खलाशी (khalāśī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Middle English: schipman — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Middle English: mariner — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Mongolian: далайчин (dalajčin) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Navajo: naʼałʼeełí — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Navajo: siláo naʼałʼeełígíí — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Neapolitan: marenaro — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Norman: frégatîn — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Norman: navidgant — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Norwegian Bokmål: matros — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Norwegian Bokmål: sjømann — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Norwegian Nynorsk: matros — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjømann — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Occitan: marinièr — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Odia: ନାବିକ (nābika) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Old East Slavic: морꙗнинъ (morjaninŭ) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Old English: sċipmann — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Old Galician-Portuguese: marinneiro — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Palauan: chad er a diall — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Pali: nāvika — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Pashto: ماڼګى (maṇgay) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Pashto: ملاح (malāh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Iranian Persian: مَلَوان (malavân) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Iranian Persian: مَلَّاح (mallâh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Iranian Persian: بَحْری (bahri) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Iranian Persian: خَلاشی (xalâši) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Iranian Persian: دَرْیانَوَرْد (daryânavard) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Iranian Persian: ناوْبَر (nâvbar) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Plautdietsch: Matroos — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Polish: marynarz — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Polish: żeglarz — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Polish: żeglarka — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Portuguese: marinheiro — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Portuguese: marujo — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Punjabi: ਜਹਾਜ਼ੀ (jahāzī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Punjabi: ਮਲਾਹ (malāh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Punjabi: ਜਹਾਜ਼ਰਾਨ (jahāzrān) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Romanian: marinar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Romanian: matelot — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Romanian: matroz — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Romanian: marinăriță — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Russian: матро́с (matrós) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Russian: моря́к (morják) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Russian: морепла́ватель (moreplávatelʹ) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Saho: naakuda — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Sanskrit: नाविक (nāvika) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Scottish Gaelic: seòladair — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Scottish Gaelic: loingear — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Scottish Gaelic: muireach — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Scottish Gaelic: maraiche — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Serbo-Croatian: мо̀рна̄р — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀морац — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Serbo-Croatian: морепло́вац — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Serbo-Croatian: mòrnār — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Serbo-Croatian: pòmorac — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Serbo-Croatian: moreplóvac — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Sindhi: سيلاني (selāne) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Slovak: námornik — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Slovak: moreplavec — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Slovene: mornár — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Slovene: mornárka — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Southern Altai: моряк (moryak) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: marinero — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: marinera — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: marino — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: marinante — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: grumete — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: nauta — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Spanish: lobo de mar — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Sumerian: 𒈣𒁺𒁺 — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Swahili: baharia — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Swedish: matros — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Swedish: sjöman — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tajik: маллоҳ (malloh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tajik: баҳрӣ (bahri) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tajik: баҳрчӣ (bahrči) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tajik: дарёнавард (daryonavard) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tamil: மாலுமி (mālumi) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tarifit: abeḥri — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Telugu: నావికుడు (nāvikuḍu) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Thai: กะลาสี (gà-laa-sǐi) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Thai: ลูกเรือ (lûuk-rʉʉa) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Thai: ทหารเรือ (tá-hǎan-rʉʉa) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Thai: นาวิก (naa-wík) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Tok Pisin: boskru — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Turkish: gemici — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Turkish: kalyoncu — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Turkish: denizci — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ottoman Turkish: كمیجی (gemici) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Turkmen: deňizçi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ukrainian: моря́к (morják) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ukrainian: матро́с (matrós) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Ukrainian: морепла́вець (moreplávecʹ) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Urdu: مَلَّاح (mallāh) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Urdu: خَلاصی (xalāsī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Urdu: جَہاز ران (jahāz rān) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Urdu: جَہازی (jahāzī) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Urdu: ناوِک (nāvik) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Uyghur: دېڭىزچى (dë'ngizchi) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Uyghur: ماتروس (matros) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Uzbek: dengizchi — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Uzbek: matros — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Vietnamese: thuỷ thủ — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Vietnamese: lính thuỷ — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Volapük: melan — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Welsh: morwr — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Yiddish: שיפֿער (shifer) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Yiddish: שיפֿערין (shiferin) — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Yoruba: atukọ̀ — worker on a ship, seafarer, mariner
- Danish: sejler — person who sails as a sport
- Galician: mariñeiro — person who sails as a sport
- Hebrew: שַׁיָּט (shayat) — person who sails as a sport
- Hungarian: vitorlázó — person who sails as a sport
- Italian: navigatore — person who sails as a sport
- Italian: velista — person who sails as a sport
- Latvian: burātājs — person who sails as a sport
- Norwegian Bokmål: seiler — person who sails as a sport
- Norwegian Bokmål: segler — person who sails as a sport
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seglar — person who sails as a sport
- Norwegian Nynorsk: siglar — person who sails as a sport
- Polish: żeglarz — person who sails as a sport
- Polish: żeglarka — person who sails as a sport
- Spanish: velerista — person who sails as a sport
- Swedish: seglare — person who sails as a sport
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