shipwreck

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
2. (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Verb

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

Concepts

naufrage

épave

accident

détresse

désastre

faire naufrage

couler

naufrager

accident en mer

Synonymes

wreck

wrack

disaster

wreckage

destroy

destruction

accident

pulverise

sinking

cast away

clobber

consume

cripple

crunch

crush

dash

💨

derelict

desolate

desolation

destroyed

destruct

devastation

devour

doomsday

drag down

drowning

exterminate

fall

flood

grind

ground

havoc

hulk

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

loss

mash

mishap

nuke

obliterate

overbear

overwhelm

plunder

pound

💷

pulverize

rack

ravage

raze

Traductions

Schiffbruch

naufragio

naufragio

ναυάγιο

schipbreuk

naufrágio

naufragi

Schiffswrack

Wrack

naufragium

relitto

Unglück

naufragare

havariertes Schiff

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃɪpɹɛk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: shipwrak

Hérité de ancien anglais: sċipwræc

Appartenant à écossais: schip-wrak

Appartenant à suédois: skeppsvrak

Appartenant à danois: skibsvrag

In summary

From Middle English shipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.