Wharf

//ˈwɔːf//

Synonyms for "wharf" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
dock
Verb(1 words)
berth

Strong matches (14)

Noun(1 words)
embarcadere

Related words (23)

Verb(1 words)
moor

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Translations

117 translations across 62 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • skelë noun (artificial landing place)

Arabic

2 entries
  • رَصِيف noun (artificial landing place)
  • معبر noun (artificial landing place)

Armenian

2 entries
  • նավակայան noun (artificial landing place)
  • նավամատույց noun (artificial landing place)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • iskele noun (artificial landing place)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • док noun (artificial landing place)
  • пры́стань noun (artificial landing place)
  • прыча́л noun (artificial landing place)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • кей noun (artificial landing place)
  • при́стан noun (artificial landing place)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဆိပ် noun (artificial landing place)
  • ဆိပ်ကမ်း noun (artificial landing place)

Catalan

2 entries
  • embarcador noun (artificial landing place)
  • moll noun (artificial landing place)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 埠頭 /埠头 noun (artificial landing place)
  • 港埠 noun (artificial landing place)
  • 碼頭 /码头 noun (artificial landing place)

Czech

3 entries
  • molo noun (artificial landing place)
  • přístaviště noun (artificial landing place)
  • přístavní hráz noun (artificial landing place)

Danish

2 entries
  • brygge noun (artificial landing place)
  • kaj noun (artificial landing place)

Dari

2 entries
  • اِسْکَلَه noun (artificial landing place)
  • بَارْاَنْدَاز noun (artificial landing place)

Dutch

3 entries
  • aanlegsteiger noun (artificial landing place)
  • kaai noun (artificial landing place)
  • kade noun (artificial landing place)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • varfo noun (artificial landing place)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kai noun (artificial landing place)

Finnish

1 entries
  • laituri noun (artificial landing place)

French

2 entries
  • appontement noun (artificial landing place)
  • quai noun (artificial landing place)

Galician

4 entries
  • caes noun (artificial landing place)
  • cai noun (artificial landing place)
  • embarcadoiro noun (artificial landing place)
  • pantalán noun (artificial landing place)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მისადგომი noun (artificial landing place)
  • ნავმისადგომი noun (artificial landing place)

German

2 entries
  • Kai noun (artificial landing place)
  • Wharf noun (artificial landing place)

Greek

1 entries
  • αποβάθρα noun (artificial landing place)

Hindi

2 entries
  • घाट noun (artificial landing place)
  • जेटी noun (artificial landing place)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rakpart noun (artificial landing place)

Ido

1 entries
  • warfo noun (artificial landing place)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • dermaga noun (artificial landing place)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • اِسْکِلِه noun (artificial landing place)
  • بارْاَنْداز noun (artificial landing place)

Irish

1 entries
  • cé noun (artificial landing place)

Italian

1 entries
  • attracco noun (artificial landing place)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 埠頭 noun (artificial landing place)
  • 桟橋 noun (artificial landing place)
  • 波止場 noun (artificial landing place)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • айлақ noun (artificial landing place)
  • кемежай noun (artificial landing place)

Khmer

2 entries
  • តីរវិថី noun (artificial landing place)
  • ផែ noun (artificial landing place)

Korean

2 entries
  • 부두 noun (artificial landing place)
  • 선창 noun (artificial landing place)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • пристань noun (artificial landing place)

Lao

3 entries
  • ທ່າ noun (artificial landing place)
  • ທ່າຈອດ noun (artificial landing place)
  • ທ່າເຮືອ noun (artificial landing place)

Latin

1 entries
  • navalia noun (artificial landing place)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • пристан noun (artificial landing place)
  • пристаниште noun (artificial landing place)

Malay

1 entries
  • dermaga noun (artificial landing place)

Middle English

1 entries
  • wharf noun (artificial landing place)

Māori

1 entries
  • wāpu noun (artificial landing place)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • brygge noun (artificial landing place)
  • kai noun (artificial landing place)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • brygge noun (artificial landing place)
  • bryggje noun (artificial landing place)
  • kai noun (artificial landing place)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اسكله noun (artificial landing place)
  • ریختم noun (artificial landing place)

Polish

3 entries
  • keja noun (artificial landing place)
  • nabrzeże noun (artificial landing place)
  • przystań noun (artificial landing place)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ancoradouro noun (artificial landing place)
  • cais noun (artificial landing place)
  • embarcadoiro noun (artificial landing place)
  • embarcadouro noun (artificial landing place)

Romanian

2 entries
  • chei noun (artificial landing place)
  • doc noun (artificial landing place)

Russian

3 entries
  • док noun (artificial landing place)
  • при́стань noun (artificial landing place)
  • прича́л noun (artificial landing place)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • घट्ट noun (artificial landing place)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • laimrig noun (artificial landing place)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pristanište noun (artificial landing place)
  • пристаниште noun (artificial landing place)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prístavisko noun (artificial landing place)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pomol noun (artificial landing place)

Spanish

2 entries
  • embarcadero noun (artificial landing place)
  • muelle noun (artificial landing place)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kaj noun (artificial landing place)

Tajik

1 entries
  • искала noun (artificial landing place)

Thai

3 entries
  • ท่า noun (artificial landing place)
  • ท่าน้ำ noun (artificial landing place)
  • ท่าเทียบเรือ noun (artificial landing place)

Turkish

2 entries
  • iskele noun (artificial landing place)
  • rıhtım noun (artificial landing place)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • док noun (artificial landing place)
  • при́стань noun (artificial landing place)
  • прича́л noun (artificial landing place)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جیٹی noun (artificial landing place)
  • گھاٹ noun (artificial landing place)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • iskala noun (artificial landing place)
  • pristan noun (artificial landing place)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bến tàu noun (artificial landing place)

Welsh

1 entries
  • glanfa noun (artificial landing place)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דאָק noun (artificial landing place)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The wharf was always busy, even when the ships had yet to arrive.

Source: tatoeba (9032588)

Meet me on the wharf.

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The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.

Source: tatoeba (10136203)

A remote Iranian desert city, Ice Age-era caves in Germany and a stone wharf in Brazil built for arriving African slave ships are three new additions to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.

Source: tatoeba (10794256)

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