Buoy

//ˈbɔɪ//

Synonyms for "buoy" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Verb(1 words)
buoy up

Strong matches (38)

Related words (64)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

10 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

34 entries

Showing 16 of 34 words.

has context

1 entries

is a

4 entries

manner of

3 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

used for

1 entries

Translations

114 translations across 58 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • boei noun (moored float)

Albanian

1 entries
  • bovë noun (moored float)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شَمَنْدُورَة noun (moored float)
  • عَوَّامَة noun (moored float)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծփան noun (moored float)

Asturian

1 entries
  • boya noun (moored float)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şamandıra noun (moored float)

Basque

1 entries
  • buia noun (moored float)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • буй noun (moored float)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • буй noun (moored float)
  • шамандура noun (moored float)

Catalan

3 entries
  • boia noun (moored float)
  • aboiar verb (keep afloat or aloft)
  • aboiar verb (mark with a buoy)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 浮標 /浮标 noun (moored float)

Czech

1 entries
  • bóje noun (moored float)

Danish

1 entries
  • bøje noun (moored float)

Dutch

4 entries
  • boei noun (moored float)
  • afbakenen verb (mark with a buoy)
  • drijvend houden verb (keep afloat or aloft)
  • hoog houden verb (support or maintain at a high level)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • buo noun (moored float)
  • naĝobarelo noun (moored float)

Estonian

1 entries
  • poi noun (moored float)

Finnish

4 entries
  • poiju noun (moored float)
  • reimari noun (moored float)
  • kelluttaa verb (keep afloat or aloft)
  • leijuttaa verb (keep afloat or aloft)

French

4 entries
  • balise noun (moored float)
  • bouée noun (moored float)
  • flotteur noun (moored float)
  • surnager verb (keep afloat or aloft)

Galician

1 entries
  • boia noun (moored float)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტივტივა noun (moored float)

German

4 entries
  • Boje noun (moored float)
  • Tonne noun (moored float)
  • abbaken verb (mark with a buoy)
  • auf der Wasseroberfläche halten verb (keep afloat or aloft)

Greek

1 entries
  • σημαδούρα noun (moored float)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • poe noun (moored float)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מצוף noun (moored float)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bója noun (moored float)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • bauja noun (moored float)
  • dufl noun (moored float)

Ido

1 entries
  • boyo noun (moored float)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • buju noun (moored float)
  • veha noun (moored float)

Irish

1 entries
  • baoi noun (moored float)

Italian

1 entries
  • boa noun (moored float)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ブイ noun (moored float)
  • 浮標 noun (moored float)

Korean

2 entries
  • 부이 noun (moored float)
  • 부표 noun (moored float)

Latin

1 entries
  • attollo noun (moored float)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • buja noun (moored float)
  • plūduras noun (moored float)

Low German

4 entries
  • baven holen verb (support or maintain at a high level)
  • hooch holen verb (support or maintain at a high level)
  • op dat Waterböverflach holen verb (keep afloat or aloft)
  • över Water holen verb (keep afloat or aloft)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • boja noun (moored float)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пловка noun (moored float)

Malay

1 entries
  • pelampung noun (moored float)

Norman

2 entries
  • bondé noun (moored float)
  • boule noun (moored float)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bøye noun (moored float)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bøye noun (moored float)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • شماندره noun (moored float)
  • شماندوره noun (moored float)

Persian

2 entries
  • بویه noun (moored float)
  • شناور ماندن verb (keep afloat or aloft)

Polish

2 entries
  • boja noun (moored float)
  • pława noun (moored float)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • boia noun (moored float)
  • sustentar verb (maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence)

Romanian

1 entries
  • geamandură noun (moored float)

Russian

3 entries
  • ба́кен noun (moored float)
  • буй noun (moored float)
  • буёк noun (moored float)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • bova noun (moored float)
  • plovak noun (moored float)
  • plutača noun (moored float)

Slovene

1 entries
  • boja noun (moored float)

Spanish

2 entries
  • boya noun (moored float)
  • aboyar verb (mark with a buoy)

Swahili

1 entries
  • boya noun (moored float)

Swedish

1 entries
  • boj noun (moored float)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • palutang noun (moored float)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şamandıra noun (moored float)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • буй noun (moored float)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • لەيمىلەك noun (moored float)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phao noun (moored float)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bwi noun (moored float)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The yacht sailed around a buoy.

Source: tatoeba (29895)

The yacht sailed round a buoy.

Source: tatoeba (49745)

A ship's captain must remain observant that a reliable buoy be attached to each anchor by a sturdy rope, so that one could find and raise the anchor if its anchor-cable were to be shorn apart, were to fall into the sea or were to be hewn apart.

Source: tatoeba (1776092)

Florence was for me a life buoy in the sea of life.

Source: tatoeba (3246208)

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