sail

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
2. (uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
3. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
4. (countable, uncountable) A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
5. (countable, dated, uncountable) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
6. (countable, uncountable) The conning tower of a submarine.
7. (countable, uncountable) The blade of a windmill.
8. (countable, uncountable) A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
9. (countable, uncountable) The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
10. (countable, uncountable) A sailfish.
11. (countable, uncountable) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
12. (countable, uncountable) Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.

Verb

1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
3. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
4. (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
5. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
6. (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
7. (transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.

Concepts

voile

naviguer

voguer

aile

🪽

croisière

toile

voler

voyage

faire de la voile

navigation

naviger à voile

flotteur

partir

planer

tourelle

bougie

🕯️

balayer

voilier

⛵

voilure

balade en voilier

voyager

balade en mer

faire du bateau

faire voile

pneumatophore

surplomber

gouverner

herbe

massif

natte

Synonymes

navigate

cruise

canvas

voyage

float

drift

set sail

sheet

glide

drive

fly

✈️

depart

leave

bob

pilot

🧑‍✈️

canvass

go away

row

skitter

boat

⛵

soar

move gently

go

yacht

sweep

wing

🪽

cloth

sailing ship

sailing-ship

sails

scud

set off

set out

slide

start

steam

strut

swagger

swim

🏊

swim across

tarp

throw

take the field

towelling

tower

trip

vane

begin a journey

hoist sail

large amount

Traductions

vela

vela

🕯️

Segel

segeln

zeil

navigare

vela

🕯️

πανί

velum

vela

navegar

zeilen

velejar

yelken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/seɪl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: saile

Hérité de ancien anglais: seġl

Appartenant à frison occidental: seil

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Segel

Appartenant à néerlandais: zeil

Appartenant à allemand: Segel

Appartenant à danois: sejl

Appartenant à suédois: segel

Hérité de moyen anglais: sailen

Hérité de ancien anglais: seġlan

Appartenant à frison occidental: sile

Appartenant à bas-allemand: seilen

Appartenant à néerlandais: zeilen

Appartenant à allemand: segeln

Appartenant à danois: sejle

Appartenant à suédois: segla

Appartenant à islandais: sigla

In summary

From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.