Shipwreck

//ˈʃɪpɹɛk//

Synonyms for "shipwreck" (92 found)

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Noun(1 words)
wreck

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Translations

105 translations across 38 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skeepswrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ναυάγιον noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • ναυαγία noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حُطَام سَفِينَة noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Breton

1 entries
  • peñse noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • корабокруше́ние noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Catalan

3 entries
  • naufragi noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • ruina de nau noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • naufragar verb (wreck a vessel)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 沉船 noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Czech

3 entries
  • vrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • ztroskotání noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • ztroskotat verb (wreck a vessel)

Danish

4 entries
  • forlis noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • skibbrud noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • skibsforlis noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • skibsvrag noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Dutch

4 entries
  • scheepswrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • schipbreuk noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • wrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • schipbreken verb (wreck a vessel)

Erzya

1 entries
  • венчколамо noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Estonian

1 entries
  • laevavrakk noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Finnish

3 entries
  • haaksirikko noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • hylky noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • haaksirikkoutua verb (wreck a vessel)

French

4 entries
  • naufrage noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • ruine de nef noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • ruine de vaisseau noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • épave noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Galician

2 entries
  • naufraxe noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • naufraxio noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

German

2 entries
  • Schiffbruch noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • Schiffswrack noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Greek

2 entries
  • ναυάγιο noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • ναυάγιο noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֳנִיָּה טְרוּפָה noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • טְרֹפֶת noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hajóroncs noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • hajótörés noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • meghiúsulás noun (destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss)
  • megsemmisülés noun (destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • haaveri noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • hylky noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Italian

4 entries
  • naufragio noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • relitto noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • rovina di nave noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • naufragare verb (wreck a vessel)

Latin

3 entries
  • naufragium noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • ruīna navis noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • naufragō verb (wreck a vessel)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • бро́долом noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • бро́долом noun (destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss)
  • кр́нтија noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • оста́тоци од бро́долом noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Māori

2 entries
  • paeārautanga noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • waka papaea noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Norman

2 entries
  • naûfrage noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • naûfragi verb (wreck a vessel)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • skipsvrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • skipsvrak noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • skipsvrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • skipsvrak noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Old English

3 entries
  • sċipwræc noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • sċipġebroc noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • sċipġebroc þrōwian verb (wreck a vessel)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Scheppbruch noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Polish

4 entries
  • rozbicie statku noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • wrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • wrak noun (destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss)
  • rozbijać statek verb (wreck a vessel)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • naufrágio noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • navio naufragado noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • ruína de nave noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • naufragar verb (wreck a vessel)

Romanian

2 entries
  • epavă noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • naufragiu noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Russian

2 entries
  • кораблекруше́ние noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • останки кораблекрушения noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • brȍdolom noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Spanish

4 entries
  • derrelicto noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • desastre noun (destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss)
  • fracaso noun (destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss)
  • naufragio noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förlisning noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • skeppsbrott noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • skeppsvrak noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)
  • förlisa verb (wreck a vessel)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gemi enkazı noun (ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • аварія корабля noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)
  • корабельна аварія noun (event where a ship sinks or runs aground)

Sample sentences

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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

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A bad wife turns her husband into a shipwreck.

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The passage illustrates Robinson Crusoe's landing on a wild desert island after his shipwreck.

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Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.

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