lightship

lightship

See also: light-ship

English

Etymology

light +‎ ship

Noun

lightship (plural lightships)

1. A ship equipped with a very large lamp; it can be positioned to warn off other ships from dangerous locations, as a sort of portable lighthouse.

Synonyms

• lightboat
• lightvessel

Translations

lightship

Bulgarian: кораб-фар m (korab-far), плаващ фар m (plavašt far) Chinese: Mandarin: 灯塔船 (dēngtǎchuán) Czech: majáková loď f Danish: fyrskib n Dutch: lichtschip (nl) n Esperanto: lumŝipo Faroese: vitaskip n Finnish: majakka-alus, majakkalaiva French: bateau-phare (fr) m, bateau-feu (fr) m German: Feuerschiff (de) n Greek: φαρόπλοιο (el) n (faróploio), καραβοφάναρο (el) n (karavofánaro) Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת־ מִגְדַּלּוֹר‎ f ('oniyá migdalór) Icelandic: vitaskip n Irish: long sholais f Italian: nave-faro f Japanese: 灯台船 (とうだいせん, tōdaisen)

Korean: 등선 (deungseon) Latvian: peldošā bāka f Norwegian: Bokmål: fyrskip n Nynorsk: fyrskip n Polish: latarniowiec m Portuguese: navio-farol (pt) m Romanian: navă-far f Russian: плаву́чий мая́к (ru) m (plavúčij maják) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бро̑д-свјетио̀нӣк m, лигхтсхип m, ла̏јтшӣп m Roman: brȏd-svjetiònīk m, lightship (sh) m, lȁjtšīp m Slovak: majáková loď f Slovene: svetilniška ladja f Spanish: buque faro m Swedish: fyrskepp (sv) n, fyrfartyg (sv) n Ukrainian: плавучий маяк m (plavučyj majak)