yacht
pronunciation
How to pronounce yacht in British English:
UK [jɒt]
How to pronounce yacht in American English:
US [jɑːt]
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- Noun:
- an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
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- Verb:
- travel in a yacht
Word Origin
- yacht
- yacht: [16] A yacht is etymologically a boat for ‘chasing’ others. The word was borrowed from early modern Dutch jaghte. This was short for jaghtschip, literally ‘chase ship’, a compound noun formed from jaght, a derivative of the verb jagen ‘hunt, chase’, and schip ‘ship’. The Dutch word (whose present-day form is jacht) has been borrowed into many other European languages, including French and German jacht and Russian jakhta.
- yacht (n.)
- 1550s, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," from Norwegian jaght or early Dutch jaght, both from Middle Low German jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," literally "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from Old High German jagon, from Proto-Germanic *yago-, from PIE root *yek- (2) "to hunt" (cognates: Hittite ekt- "hunting net"). Related: Yachting; yachtsman.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The concept yacht was called the tropical island paradise .
- 2. Yet international yacht brands have started to make some headway .
- 3. Maybe there is such a thing as too much yacht .
- 4. The biggest yacht ever was launched in 2010 .
- 5. Another example of sophisticated yacht design we want to show you today .