yacht

Meaning

Noun

1. A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
2. Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

Verb

To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

Synonyms

vessel

racing yacht

boat

⛵

ship

🚢

nave

cruiser

sail

schooner

overalls

pleasure boat

pleasure craft

rack

sailboat

⛵

sailing boat

scud

smock

sailing yacht

aisle

cruising yacht

barge

cabin cruiser

chase

clipper

drogue

hoy

hunt

Translations

yacht

yacht

yate

panfilo

Jacht

Yacht

jacht

iate

θαλαμηγός

iot

γιωτ

yat

يخت

navire

🚢

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jɒt/

Etymology

Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jacht (“yacht; hunt”), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (“light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship”, literally “pursuit ship”), compound of jacht and schip (“ship”).
In the 16th century the Dutch built light, fast ships to chase the ships of pirates and smugglers from the coast. The ship was introduced to England in 1660 when the Dutch East India Company presented one to King Charles II, who used it as a pleasure boat, after which it was copied by British shipbuilders as a pleasure craft for wealthy gentlemen.