corsair

Significat (Anglès)

1. A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
2. A privateer or pirate in general.
3. The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
4. A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
5. A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

Conceptes

corsari

nau corsària

corsària

Sinònims

pirate

buccaneer

privateer

Barbary pirate

freebooter

picaroon

pirate ship

plunderer

filibuster

rover

sea robber

sea rover

caper

Traduccions

corsaire

corsaro

Korsar

zeerover

corsario

pirate

pirata

corsário

korsan

bucanero

bucaniere

πειρατικό πλοίο

filibustiere

forban

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkɔːɹsɛəɹ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar.