Schiff

Signification (Anglais)

Name

1. (feminine,masculine,proper-noun,surname) Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
2. (feminine,masculine,proper-noun,surname) Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.

Noun

1. (neuter,strong) ship
2. (neuter,strong) nave
3. (informal,neuter,strong) a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
4. (neuter,obsolete,strong) vessel (for holding fluids)
5. (dated,neuter,regional,strong) boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
6. (neuter,strong) galley (tray)

Concepts

navire

bateau

nef

vaisseau

bâtiment

embarcation

navette

galée

paquebot

barge

barque

barquette

chaland

moyeu

Genre

Neutre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃɪf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif (“ship, barrel, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship, hollow object”). The sense “nave” is a semantic loan from Latin nāvis.
Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”).

Phrases

Das Schiff wechselte den Besitzer zu „Wm.

Le navire a changé le propriétaire en «WM.