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Webster 1913 Edition


Naufrage

Nau′frage

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
naufragium
;
navis
+
frangere
.]
Shipwreck; ruin.
[Obs.]
acon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Naufrage

NAUFRAGE

,
Noun.
[L. A ship, and to break See wreck, which is from the same root, break] Shipwreck. [Not in use]

Definition 2024


naufrage

naufrage

See also: naufragé and naûfrage

English

Noun

naufrage

  1. (obsolete) shipwreck; ruin
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French

Etymology

From Latin naufragium.

Pronunciation

Noun

naufrage m (plural naufrages)

  1. shipwreck

Derived terms

Verb

naufrage

  1. first-person singular present indicative of naufrager
  2. third-person singular present indicative of naufrager
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of naufrager
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of naufrager
  5. second-person singular imperative of naufrager

Latin

Adjective

naufrage

  1. vocative masculine singular of naufragus