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steamship

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈstimˌʃɪp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S T IY1 M SH IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a ship powered by one or more steam engines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steamer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ship

Narrower terms: paddle steamer, paddle-wheeler, tramp steamer, tramp

History

Etymology

From steam + ship.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: stoomskip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Albanian: vapor — vessel propelled by steam
  • Arabic: بَاخِرَة (bāḵira) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Arabic: سَفِينَة بُخَارِيَّة (safīna buḵāriyya) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Armenian: շոգենավ (šogenav) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Azerbaijani: buxar gəmisi — vessel propelled by steam
  • Azerbaijani: paroxod — vessel propelled by steam
  • Basque: lurrunontzi — vessel propelled by steam
  • Belarusian: парахо́д (paraxód) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Bulgarian: парахо́д (parahód) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Catalan: vapor — vessel propelled by steam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽船 (qìchuán) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪船 /轮船 (lúnchuán) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Chuvash: пӑрахут (părah̬ut) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Czech: parník — vessel propelled by steam
  • Danish: dampskib — vessel propelled by steam
  • Dutch: stoomboot — vessel propelled by steam
  • Dutch: stoomschip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Esperanto: vaporŝipo — vessel propelled by steam
  • Estonian: aurulaev — vessel propelled by steam
  • Estonian: aurik — vessel propelled by steam
  • Faroese: dampskip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Faroese: dampari — vessel propelled by steam
  • Finnish: höyrylaiva — vessel propelled by steam
  • Finnish: höyryalus — vessel propelled by steam
  • French: bateau à vapeur — vessel propelled by steam
  • French: vapeur — vessel propelled by steam
  • Georgian: პარახოდი (ṗaraxodi) — vessel propelled by steam
  • German: Dampfschiff — vessel propelled by steam
  • German: Dampfer — vessel propelled by steam
  • Greek: ατμόπλοιο (atmóploio) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Greek: βαπόρι (vapóri) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת קִיטוֹר ('oniyát kitór) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Hindi: स्टीमर (sṭīmar) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Hindi: दिख़ानी जहाज़ (dixānī jahāz) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Hungarian: gőzhajó — vessel propelled by steam
  • Hungarian: gőzös — vessel propelled by steam
  • Icelandic: gufuskip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Icelandic: dampskip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Icelandic: eimskip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Ido: vaporonavo — vessel propelled by steam
  • Indonesian: kapal uap — vessel propelled by steam
  • Indonesian: kapal api — vessel propelled by steam
  • Italian: nave a vapore — vessel propelled by steam
  • Italian: piroscafo — vessel propelled by steam
  • Japanese: 蒸気船 (jōkisen) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Japanese: 汽船 (kisen) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Kazakh: пароход (paroxod) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Korean: 증기선 (jeunggiseon) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Korean: 기선 (giseon) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Northern Kurdish: vapor — vessel propelled by steam
  • Kyrgyz: пароход (parohod) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Latvian: tvaikonis — vessel propelled by steam
  • Lithuanian: garlaivis — vessel propelled by steam
  • Low German: Damper — vessel propelled by steam
  • Macedonian: параброд (parabrod) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Malay: kapal wap — vessel propelled by steam
  • Norman: stînme — vessel propelled by steam
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dampskip — vessel propelled by steam
  • Pashto: اوبېړۍ (orbeṛǝy) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Iranian Persian: کَشْتیِ بُخار (kašti-ye boxâr) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Iranian Persian: واپور (vâpor) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Polish: parowiec — vessel propelled by steam
  • Polish: parostatek — vessel propelled by steam
  • Portuguese: barco a vapor — vessel propelled by steam
  • Romanian: vapor — vessel propelled by steam
  • Russian: парохо́д (paroxód) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Kildin-Sami: парходт (parxodt) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàta-smùide — vessel propelled by steam
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏робро̄д m парни брод — vessel propelled by steam
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁrobrōd — vessel propelled by steam
  • Serbo-Croatian: parni brod — vessel propelled by steam
  • Slovak: parník — vessel propelled by steam
  • Slovene: parnik — vessel propelled by steam
  • Spanish: barco de vapor — vessel propelled by steam
  • Swedish: ångfartyg — vessel propelled by steam
  • Swedish: ångbåt — vessel propelled by steam
  • Tagalog: buke — vessel propelled by steam
  • Tajik: пароход (paroxod) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Tatar: пароход (paroxod) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Turkish: vapur — vessel propelled by steam
  • Turkish: buharlı gemi — vessel propelled by steam
  • Ottoman Turkish: واپور (vapur) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Turkmen: parohod — vessel propelled by steam
  • Ukrainian: паропла́в (paropláv) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Urdu: دِخانی جَہاز (dixānī jahāz) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Urdu: سْٹِیمَر (sṭīmar) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Uyghur: پاراخوت (paraxot) — vessel propelled by steam
  • Uzbek: paroxod — vessel propelled by steam
Real reading context

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