dragon boat

dragon boat

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán).

Noun

dragon boat (plural dragon boats)

1. A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.

Derived terms

• Dragon Boat Festival
• dragon boating
• ice dragon boat

Translations

a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals

Bengali: আজদাহা নাও (azdaha nao) Chinese: Mandarin: 龍船／龙船 (zh) (lóngchuán) Czech: dračí loď f Dutch: drakenboot Finnish: lohikäärmevene French: bateau-dragon (fr) m German: Drachenboot (de) n Hungarian: sárkányhajó Indonesian: perahu naga Italian: dragonboat m Japanese: ドラゴンボート (doragon bōto), ペーロン (pēron) Lao: please add this translation if you can Malay: perahu naga Persian: قایق اژدها‎ (qāyeq ezhdeha), اژدهابَلم‎ (ezhdeha-balam) Portuguese: barco dragão m Russian: драгонбо́т m (dragonbót) Slovak: dračia loď f Spanish: barco dragón m Zhuang: lungzconz

See also

• Viking longships (called dragonships by enemies such as the English)