The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.
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Prow
//pɹoʊ//
Synonyms for "prow" (13 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρῷρα noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Armenian
1 entries- քիթ noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Asturian
2 entries- proa noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- proba noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нос noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Catalan
1 entries- proa noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Czech
1 entries- příď noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Danish
1 entries- forstavn noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Dutch
4 entries- dapper adj (brave, valiant)
- moedig adj (brave, valiant)
- boeg noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- voorsteven noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Esperanto
1 entries- pruo noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Finnish
1 entries- keula noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
French
1 entries- proue noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Galician
1 entries- proa noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
German
2 entries- Bug noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- Bugüberhang noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Icelandic
2 entries- skegg noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- trjóna noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Ingrian
1 entries- esinukka noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Irish
2 entries- braine noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- gob noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Italian
2 entries- prora noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- prua noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Latin
2 entries- prora noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- rostrum noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Māori
1 entries- ihuwaka noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Norman
1 entries- d'vant noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Bug noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Polish
1 entries- dziób noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Portuguese
1 entries- proa noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Romanian
2 entries- proră noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- provă noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Russian
1 entries- нос noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- toiseach noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- pramac noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- prova noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- прамац noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Slovene
1 entries- premec noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Spanish
1 entries- proa noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Swahili
1 entries- gubeti noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Tagalog
2 entries- doong noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- duong noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Turkish
1 entries- pruva noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ніс noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mũi noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Volapük
2 entries- föfanaf noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
- föfastev noun (fore part of a vessel; bow)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
He spake, 'twas done; and Palinurus first / turns the prow leftward: to the left we ply / with oars and sail, and shun the rocks accurst.
Source: tatoeba (7336212)
Triangular shapes jut from the building, and a prow dangles over a busy downtown street.
Source: tatoeba (12115270)
The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.
Source: wiktionary
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