I always confuse which side is port and which starboard.
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Starboard
//ˈstɑː.bəd//
Synonyms for "starboard" (46 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 34 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- щи́рборд noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- щирбо́рд noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Catalan
1 entries- estribord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 右舷 noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Czech
1 entries- pravobok noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Danish
1 entries- styrbord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Dutch
1 entries- stuurboord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Erzya
1 entries- витьвенчире noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Esperanto
1 entries- tribordo noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Finnish
2 entries- styyrpuuri noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- tyyrpuuri noun (right hand side of a vessel)
French
1 entries- tribord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Georgian
2 entries- მარჯვენა ბორტი noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- მარჯვენა ქიმი noun (right hand side of a vessel)
German
1 entries- Steuerbord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Greek
1 entries- δεξιά πλευρά πλοίου noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Icelandic
1 entries- stjórnborði noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Irish
1 entries- deasbhord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Italian
2 entries- dritta noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- tribordo noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Japanese
1 entries- 右舷 noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Korean
1 entries- 우현 noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Māori
3 entries- matau noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- matau noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- hao verb (to put to the right)
Norman
1 entries- tribord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- styrbord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- styrbord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سنجاق noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Polish
3 entries- sterburta noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- skręcać ster w prawo verb (to put to the right)
- skręcić ster w prawo verb (to put to the right)
Portuguese
2 entries- boreste noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- estibordo noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Romanian
1 entries- tribord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Russian
1 entries- пра́вый борт noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bòrd-beulaibh noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Spanish
1 entries- estribor noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Swedish
1 entries- styrbord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Tagalog
1 entries- estribor noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Turkish
2 entries- sancak noun (right hand side of a vessel)
- sancak verb (to put to the right)
Welsh
1 entries- starbord noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Yiddish
1 entries- רעכטער באָרט noun (right hand side of a vessel)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Look, there's a whale breaching off the starboard bow!
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Left is port and right starboard.
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There's a Starbucks on your starboard bow.
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