Capsize

Cap-size′

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Verb.

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I.

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imp. & p. p.

Capsized

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Capsizing

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[Cf. Sp.

cabecear

to nod, pitch,

capuzar

,

chapuzar

, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L.

caput

head.]

To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

But what if carrying sail

capsize

the boat?

Byron.

Cap′sizeˊ

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Noun.

An upset or overturn.

Capsize

CAPSIZE

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Verb.

T.

To upset or overturn; a seamans phrase.

capsize

English

Verb

capsize ‎(third-person singular simple present capsizes, present participle capsizing, simple past and past participle capsized)

(intransitive, nautical) To overturn.
(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.
- Byron
  But what if carrying sail capsize the boat?

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(intransitive) to overturn

Armenian:
Bulgarian: прекатурвам се ‎(prekaturvam se), преобръщам се ‎(preobrǎštam se)
Catalan: sotsobrar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傾覆 (zh), 倾覆 (zh) ‎(qīngfù), 翻 (zh) ‎(fān), 翻覆 (zh) ‎(fānfù)
Danish: kuldsejle
Dutch: kapseizen (nl)
Esperanto:
Faroese: kollsigla
Finnish: kaatua (fi)
French: chavirer (fr)
Galician: alagar (gl)
Georgian:
German: kentern (de)
Hungarian: felborul (hu), felfordul (hu)
Icelandic: kollsigla
Italian: capovolgersi, ribaltarsi, rovesciarsi (it)

Japanese: 転覆する (ja) ‎(てんぷくする, tenpuku suru), 覆る ‎(くつがえる, kutsugaeru)
Khmer:
Mongolian: хөмрөх (mn) ‎(hömröh)
Norwegian: kantre (no)

Bokmål: kollseile

Nynorsk: kollsegle
Portuguese: soçobrar (pt)
Russian: опроки́дываться (ru) impf ‎(oprokídyvatʹsja), опроки́нуться (ru) pf ‎(oprokínutʹsja), перевора́чиваться (ru) impf ‎(perevoráčivatʹsja), переверну́ться (ru) pf ‎(perevernútʹsja)
Spanish: zozobrar (es), volcar (es)
Swedish: kapsejsa (sv)
Thai:
Turkish: devirmek (tr)
Vietnamese:

(transitive) to cause to overturn

Bulgarian: прекатурвам ‎(prekaturvam), преобръщам (bg) ‎(preobrǎštam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使傾覆 (zh), 使倾覆 (zh) ‎(shǐ qīngfù)
Dutch: doen kapseizen
Finnish: kaataa (fi)
French: faire chavirer, chavirer (fr)
German: zum Kentern bringen
Hungarian: felborít (hu), felfordít (hu)

Italian: ribaltare (it), capovolgere (it)
Japanese: 転覆させる (ja) ‎(てんぷくさせる, tenpuku saseru)
Mongolian: хөмрүүлэх ‎(hömrüüleh)
Portuguese: soçobrar (pt)
Russian: опроки́дывать (ru) impf ‎(oprokídyvatʹ), опроки́нуть (ru) pf ‎(oprokínutʹ), перевора́чивать (ru) impf ‎(perevoráčivatʹ), переверну́ть (ru) pf ‎(perevernútʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: cuir thairis
Spanish: hacer volcar (es), zozobrar (es)

References

“capsize” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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