naufrage

See also: naufragé and naûfrage

English

Etymology

From French, from Latin naufragium; nāvis + frangere.

Noun

naufrage

1. (obsolete) shipwreck
2. (obsolete) ruin
   • May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery

     the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects

References

• “naufrage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Naufrage

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naufragium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.fʁaʒ/

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Noun

naufrage m (plural naufrages)

1. shipwreck

Derived terms

• faire naufrage
• naufragé
• naufrager

Verb

naufrage

1. inflection of naufrager:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

naufrage

1. vocative masculine singular of naufragus