Using the rudder and the jib with the wind behind it we backed up, turning the bow to the direction we wanted to go.
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Rudder
//ˈɹʌdə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "rudder" (11 found)
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1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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3 entriesis a
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5 entriesrelated to
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- timon noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πηδάλιον noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Arabic
4 entries- دمان noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- دَفَّة noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- دَفَّة noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- سُكَّان noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Armenian
2 entries- ղեկ noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- ղեկ noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Belarusian
1 entries- руль noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Bikol Central
1 entries- ugit noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Breton
1 entries- stalaf noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кормило noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- рул noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Catalan
2 entries- timó noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- timó noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 方向舵 noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- 舵 noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- 舵 noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- 船舵 noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Czech
2 entries- kormidlo noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- kormidlo noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Danish
4 entries- haleror noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- ror noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- ror noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- sideror noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Dutch
2 entries- roer noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- roer noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Esperanto
3 entries- direktilo noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- direktilo noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- rudro noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Estonian
1 entries- pöördetüür noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Finnish
3 entries- peräsin noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- peräsin noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- sivuperäsin noun (control surface of an aircraft)
French
3 entries- gouvernail noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- gouverne noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- safran noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Friulian
1 entries- tamon noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Galician
3 entries- leme noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- peltre noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- temón noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Georgian
2 entries- საჭე noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- საჭე noun (control surface of an aircraft)
German
4 entries- Ruder noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- Ruder noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- Steuer noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- Steuerruder noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Greek
2 entries- πηδάλιο noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- πηδάλιο noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Hindi
2 entries- अरित्र noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- पतवार noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Hungarian
1 entries- kormánylapát noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Indonesian
3 entries- daun kemudi noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- kemudi arah noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- kemudi sepak noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Italian
4 entries- timone noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- timone noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- timone di coda noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- timone di direzione noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Japanese
3 entries- 方向舵 noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- 舵 noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- 舵 noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Javanese
1 entries- setir noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Korean
2 entries- 방향타 noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- 키 noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Latin
1 entries- gubernāculum noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Macedonian
1 entries- кормило noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Malay
1 entries- rudder noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Māori
2 entries- urunga noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- urungi noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Norwegian
3 entries- haleror noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- ror noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- sideror noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ror noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ror noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دومن noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Persian
2 entries- خلاشه noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- سکان noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Scheppstia noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Polish
2 entries- ster noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- ster kierunku noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Portuguese
2 entries- leme noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- leme noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Romanian
1 entries- cârmă noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Russian
4 entries- корми́ло noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- руль noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- руль направле́ния noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- руль поворо́та noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Sardinian
3 entries- timona noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- timone noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- timoni noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stiùir noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kormilo noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- кормило noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Sicilian
1 entries- timuni noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Slovak
1 entries- kormidlo noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Slovene
1 entries- krmilo noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Spanish
4 entries- gobernalle noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- gobernalle noun (control surface of an aircraft)
- timón noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- timón noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Swahili
1 entries- usukani noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Swedish
2 entries- roder noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- roder noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Thai
3 entries- หางเสือ noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- หางเสือเรือ noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- หางเสือเลี้ยว noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Turkish
2 entries- dümen noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- dümen noun (control surface of an aircraft)
Ukrainian
2 entries- руль noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
- стерно́ noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Venetan
1 entries- timón noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bánh lái noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Welsh
1 entries- llyw noun (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A small boat is steered by means of a tiller fitted to the head of the rudder.
Source: tatoeba (672298)
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
Source: tatoeba (3133111)
The rudder at the back of the plane moves left and right to control the left or right movement of the plane.
Source: tatoeba (5325751)
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