abordage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French abordage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔːɹd.ɪd͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɔɹd.ɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

abordage (plural abordages)

1. (archaic) The act of boarding a ship as part of an attack. [since the mid 16th century]
   • 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Master of Ballantrae:

     But when we must proceed on one of our abordages, the heart of Francis Burke was in his boots; […]

French

Etymology

From aborder +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

abordage m (plural abordages)

1. the assault on a ship
2. (nautical) collision, allision

Derived terms

• à l’abordage

Descendants

• → Crimean Tatar: abordaj
• → Polish: abordaż
• → Russian: аборда́ж (abordáž), аборда́жъ (abordáž) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Azerbaijani: abordaj
  • → Kazakh: абордаж (abordaj)

Further reading

• “abordage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.