Noah's ark

Noah's ark

English

Alternative forms

• Noah's Ark Often capitalized, as it is a proper noun. Sometimes written as if ark is meant as a common noun.

Etymology

From Middle English Noþess arrke.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Noah's ark

1. The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran.

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Translations

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis

Arabic: سَفِينَةُ نُوح‎ f (safīnatu nūḥ), فُلْكُ نُوح‎ m or f (fulku nūḥ) Armenian: Նոյան տապան (Noyan tapan) Azerbaijani: Nuhun gəmisi Basque: Noeren ontzia Belarusian: Но́еў каўчэ́г m (Nójeŭ kaŭčéh) Bengali: নূহের নৌকা (nūher nouka) Bulgarian: Но́ев ковче́г m (Nóev kovčég) Catalan: arca de Noè f Chinese: Mandarin: 諾亞方舟／诺亚方舟 (zh) (Nuòyǎ fāngzhōu) Czech: Noemova archa f Danish: Noas ark n Dutch: ark van Noach f Esperanto: Arkeo de Noa Estonian: Noa laev Faroese: Nóa ørk f Finnish: Nooan arkki French: arche de Noé (fr) f Galician: arca de Noé f Georgian: ნოეს კიდობანი (noes ḳidobani) German: Arche Noah f Greek: Κιβωτός του Νώε f (Kivotós tou Nóe) Hebrew: תֵּיבַת נֹחַ‎ (he) f (tevát nóakh) Hindi: नूह का जहाज़ m (nūh kā jahāz), नूह की कश्ती f (nūh kī kaśtī) Hungarian: Noé bárkája (hu) Icelandic: örkin hans Nóa f Ido: archo (io) Indonesian: Bahtera Nuh Irish: Áirc Naoi m Italian: arca di Noè f Japanese: ノアの箱舟 (ノアのはこぶね, Noa no hakobune) Kazakh: Нұхтың кемесі (Nūxtyñ kemesı) Korean: 노아의 방주 (Noa-ui bangju) Kyrgyz: Нухтун кемеси (Nuhtun kemesi) Latin: Arca Noë f Latvian: Noasa šķirsts m Lithuanian: Nojaus arka f Macedonian: Ноева арка f (Noeva arka) Malay: Bahtera Nabi Nuh Manx: Yn Arg f, Arg Noah f Middle English: Noþess arrke Norwegian: Bokmål: Noas ark m, Noahs ark m Persian: کشتی نوح‎ (kašti-ye nuh) Polish: arka Noego (pl) f Portuguese: Arca de Noé f Romanian: Arca lui Noe f Russian: Но́ев ковче́г m (Nójev kovčég) Scottish Gaelic: An Àirc m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ноина арка f, Нојева барка f Roman: Noina arka f, Nojeva barka f Slovak: Noemova archa f Slovene: Noetova barka f Spanish: arca de Noé (es) f Swedish: Noas ark c Tagalog: arka ni Noe Tajik: киштии Нӯҳ (kištiyi Nüh) Thai: เรือโนอาห์ Turkish: Nuh'un gemisi (tr) Ukrainian: Но́їв ковче́г m (Nójiv kovčéh), ковче́г Но́я m (kovčéh Nója) Urdu: نوح کی کشتی‎ f (nūh kī kaśtī) Uzbek: Nuhning kemasi Vietnamese: tàu Nô-ê Welsh: Arch Noa m

Noun

Noah's ark (plural Noah's arks)

1. A toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it.
2. A small bivalve mollusc, Arca noae.
3. (Australia, rhyming slang) A shark.
4. (Australia, rhyming slang, obsolete) A nark (spoilsport).

Synonyms

• Noah (abbreviation)
• Noah's (abbreviation)

Further reading

• “Noah's ark”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Khorasan, korhaans