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Webster 1913 Edition

Yacht

Yacht

(yŏt)
,
Noun.
[D.
jagt
,
jacht
; perhaps properly, a chase, hunting, from.
jagen
to chase, hunt, akin to G.
jagen
, OHG.
jagōn
, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG.
gāhi
quick, sudden (cf.
Gay
).]
(Naut.)
A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.
Yacht measurement
.
See the Note under
Tonnage
, 4.

Yacht

,
Verb.
I.
To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yacht

YACHT

,
Noun.
yot.
[G., It is properly a boat drawn by horses.] A vessel of state used to convey princes, embassadors and other great personages from one place to another. The royal yachts are rigged as ketches, except the principal one, which is equipped as a ship. The smaller yachts are rigged as sloops.

Definition 2024

Yacht

Yacht

See also: yacht

German

Noun

Yacht f ‎(genitive Yacht, plural Yachten)

  1. Alternative spelling of Jacht (now less common)

yacht

yacht

See also: Yacht

English

Noun

yacht ‎(plural yachts)

  1. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
    Would you like to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?‎
    You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?‎
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
      The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
  2. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VI”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      “I don’t mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […], the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, […], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"

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Translations

Verb

yacht ‎(third-person singular simple present yachts, present participle yachting, simple past and past participle yachted)

  1. (intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English yacht, from Dutch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔt/

Noun

yacht m ‎(plural yachts)

  1. Yacht.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English yacht.

Noun

yacht m ‎(invariable)

  1. yacht
  2. The letter Y in the Italian phonetic alphabet

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English yacht.

Noun

yacht ? ‎(plural yachts)

  1. (Jersey) yacht

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English yacht.

Noun

yacht c

  1. yacht

Declension

Inflection of yacht 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative yacht yachten yachter yachterna
Genitive yachts yachtens yachters yachternas

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaxt/

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