wharf

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
2. The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.

Verb

1. (transitive) To secure by a wharf.
2. (transitive) To place on a wharf.

Conceptes

moll

andana

port

desembarcador

Sinònims

quay

pier

dock

jetty

platform

landing place

harbour

berth

port

bridge

landing

landing stage

quayside

moor

landing-stage

marina

anchorage

embankment

ferry

⛴️

harbor

haven

levee

moorage

wharfage

staithe

mole

pow

anchor

⚓

dockyard

seafront

sea port

shipyard

shore

station

🚉

table

tie up

track

water terminal

come alongside

breakwater

quay shipside

steep cliff

landingplace

petty

mooring

Traduccions

Kai

quai

kaai

kade

cais

muelle

molo

aanlegplaats

embarcadero

αποβάθρα

perron

wal

appontement

banchina

pontile

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wɔːf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wharf

Heretat de anglès antic: hwearf

Cognat amb anglès antic: hweorfan

Cognat amb Old Saxon: hwerf

Cognat amb alemany: Werft

Cognat amb neerlandès: werf

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: hwarb

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: hvarf

Cognat amb grec antic: καρπός

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną
Proto-West Germanic *hwerban
Old English hweorfan
Middle English wharf
English wharf
From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).

Frases

Part of this terminal utilises Cairnryan Lighterage Wharf .