bilge

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
2. (countable, uncountable) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
3. (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
4. (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
5. (countable, uncountable) The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To spring a leak in the bilge.
2. (intransitive) To bulge or swell.
3. (transitive) To break open the bilge(s) of.

Concepts

bouchain

fond de cale

cale

sentine

Synonymes

bilge water

ship’s bottom

take in water

leak

nonsense

ooze

ridiculousness

rise

seep

spring a leak

bilged compartment

bilges

vector height

bulge

hold

Traductions

sentina

sentina

Bilge

pantoque

şişmek

herze

discorsi senza senso

karina

Schiffsbauch

κοίλωμα κάδου

Schiffsboden

υδροσυλλέκτησν

ύφαλα

ύφαλα πυθμένος πλοίου

Bauch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪld͡ʒ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à moyen anglais: bulgen

In summary

Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).