pirate ship

pirate ship

English

Alternative forms

• pirateship

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪ.ɹət ˌʃɪp/

Noun

pirate ship (plural pirate ships)

1. Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.
   • 2008, J. Henry, Genie in My Lager, p. 5:

     The Sea Angel was a massive ship shaped like a pirate ship.

Translations

ship manned by pirates

Afrikaans: seerowerskip, roofskip Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 賊船／贼船 (zh) (zéichuán) Dutch: piratenschip (nl) n, zeeroversschip n, roversschip n, roofschip n Finnish: merirosvolaiva French: bateau pirate m German: Piratenschiff (de) n Hungarian: kalózhajó (hu) Icelandic: sjóræningjaskip (is) n Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 海賊船 (ja) (かいぞくせん, kaizokusen) Korean: 해적선(海賊船) (haejeokseon) Old English þēofsċip n Portuguese: navio/barco/nau pirata Russian: пира́тский кора́бль m (pirátskij koráblʹ) Spanish: barco pirata m Turkish: korsan gemisi

See also

• letter of marque
• privateer

Anagrams

• hippiaters