yacht

CEFRB1

/jɒt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large private boat used for pleasure or racing.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.

Examples

  • You are welcome to the use of my yacht.

  • Our yacht club has ten members.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

  2. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Would you like to go sailing on my uncle’s yacht?

  • You are a true yachtsman! Are you a member of the local yacht club?

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Origin

noun

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.