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yacht

(yät)

Any of various relatively small, streamlined sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

intr.v. yacht·ed, yacht·ing, yachts

To sail, cruise, or race in a yacht.

[Probably obsolete Norwegian jagt, from Middle Low German jacht, short for jachtschip : jagen, to chase (from Old High German jagōn) + schip, ship.]

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yachting

(ˈjɒtɪŋ)

(Nautical Terms)

a. the sport or practice of navigating a yacht

b. (as modifier): yachting clothes.

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Noun

yachting - water travel for pleasure

boating

water travel, seafaring - travel by water

bareboating - boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions; "we saved money by bareboating"

Translations

تَيْخيت: إبْحار باليَخْت

jachtařstvíjachting

sejlsport

Segelsport

navigation de plaisance yachting

snekkjusigling

navigazione su panfilo viaggiare su yacht

seiling

jachtárstvo

yatçılık

驾驶游艇

yachting

[ˈjɒtɪŋ] N → navegación f a vela, balandrismo m
the yachting fraternity → los aficionados al deporte de la vela
a yachting trip → una excursión en barco de vela

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yachting

[ˈjɒtɪŋ]

n → yachting m

modif [world, event] → de la voile; [association, trophy, title, team] → de voile yachting tripyachting trip n → croisière fyacht race n → course f à la voile

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yachting

n → Segeln nt

yachting

yachting cap

n → Seglermütze f

yachting circles

pl → Segelkreise pl

yachting cruise

n → (Segel)kreuzfahrt f, → Segelreise f

yachting holiday

n (Brit) → Segelurlaub m

yachting jacket

n → Segeljacke f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

yachting

[ˈjɒtɪŋ] n → yachting m, navigazione f da diporto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

yacht

(jot) noun

a boat or small ship, usually with sails, often with an engine, built and used for racing or cruising. We spent our holidays on a friend's yacht; (also adjective) a yacht race.

ˈyachting noun

the pastime of sailing in a yacht.

ˈyachtsman (ˈjots-) noun

a person who sails a yacht. a keen yachtsman.

yacht club

a club for yacht-owners.

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