vessel
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.
- Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
- A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
- Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.
- A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
- A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
- A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
verb
- To put into a vessel.
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛsəl/
[ˈvɛsɫ̩]
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/ˈvesəl/
Word forms
vessel
vessels
vessell
vesseling
vesselling
vesseled
vesselled
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wāss
Late Latin vās
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elom
Late Latin -ulum
Late Latin -culum
Late Latin vāsculum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Late Latin -lus
Late Latin vāscellum
Old French vaisselbor.
Middle English vessel
English vessel
Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).
Translations
Albanian: anë
Arabic: فُلْك
Arabic: وِعَاء
Azerbaijani: gəmi
Belarusian: судзі́на
Belarusian: су́дна
Belarusian: карабе́ль
Belarusian: пасу́дзіна
Bulgarian: плава́телен съд
Bulgarian: ко́раб
Bulgarian: съд
Bulgarian: съди́на
Burmese: သင်္ဘော
Catalan: vaixell
Catalan: recipient
Chinese Mandarin: 船隻 /船只
Chinese Mandarin: 船
Chinese Mandarin: 容器
Czech: loď
Czech: plavidlo
Czech: nádoba
Danish: fartøj
Dutch: vaartuig
Dutch: vat
Dutch: hulsel
Faroese: far
Finnish: alus
Finnish: astia
Finnish: säiliö
French: vaisseau
French: récipient
French: vase
West-Frisian: doaze
West-Frisian: fet
West-Frisian: bokse
Galician: navío
Galician: vasilla
Galician: perfia
Galician: recipiente
Georgian: ხომალდი
Georgian: გემი
Georgian: ჭურჭელი
German: Schiff
German: Boot
German: Wasserfahrzeug
German: Gefäß
German: Behälter
German: Behältnis
Greek: σκάφος
Greek: πλοίο
Greek: σκεύος
Greek: δοχείο
Greek: αγγείο
Ancient Greek: πλοίον
Ancient Greek: σκεῦος
Ancient Greek: ἀγγεῖον
Ancient Greek: ἄγγος
Gujarati: વહાણ
Gujarati: જહાજ
Gujarati: વાસણ
Hindi: पोत
Hindi: पात्र
Hindi: बर्तन
Hungarian: vízi jármű
Hungarian: hajó
Hungarian: edény
Hungarian: tál
Icelandic: æð
Indonesian: kapal
Indonesian: perahu
Ingrian: alus
Ingrian: laiva
Ingrian: soimi
Italian: vascello
Italian: imbarcazione
Italian: bastimento
Italian: nave
Italian: barca
Italian: barcone
Italian: chiatta
Italian: transatlantico
Italian: recipiente
Italian: contenitore
Italian: brocca
Italian: caraffa
Japanese: 船舶
Japanese: 容器
Kazakh: кеме
Kazakh: қайық
Kazakh: ыдыс
Khmer: នាវា
Khmer: ភេត្រា
Korean: 배
Korean: 선박
Korean: 그릇
Korean: 용기
Kyrgyz: кеме
Kyrgyz: идиш
Lao: ກໍ່າປັ່ນ
Lao: ເຮືອ
Macedonian: пло́вило
Macedonian: ко́раб
Macedonian: сад
Malay: kapal
Malay: bot
Māori: waka
Māori: puoto
Māori: oko
Māori: peihana
Māori: tīhake
Classical Nahuatl: acalli
Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł
Norwegian Bokmål: fartøy
Norwegian Bokmål: farkost
Norwegian Nynorsk: fartøy
Norwegian Nynorsk: farkost
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