pirate ship

English

Alternative forms

• pirateship

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪ.ɹət ˌʃɪp/

Noun

pirate ship (plural pirate ships)

1. Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.
   • 2008, J. Henry, Genie in My Lager, page 5:

     The Sea Angel was a massive ship shaped like a pirate ship.

2. A theme park ride in the form of a pirate ship that swings back and forth with seated riders secured on the deck.

Translations

ship manned by pirates

• Afrikaans: seerowerskip, roofskip
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賊船 / 贼船 (zh) (zéichuán), 海盜船 / 海盗船 (zh) (hǎidàochuán)

• Dutch: piratenschip (nl) n, zeeroversschip n, roversschip n, roofschip n
• Finnish: merirosvolaiva
• French: bateau pirate m
• German: Piratenschiff (de) n
• Hungarian: kalózhajó (hu)
• Icelandic: sjóræningjaskip n
• Italian: nave pirata f
• Japanese: 海賊船 (ja) (かいぞくせん, kaizokusen)
• Korean: 해적선(海賊船) (haejeokseon)
• Old English: þēofsċip n
• Portuguese: navio/barco/nau pirata
• Russian: пира́тский кора́бль m (pirátskij koráblʹ)
• Spanish: barco pirata m
• Turkish: korsan gemisi

See also

• letter of marque
• privateer

Anagrams

• hippiaters