shipwreck

shipwreck

English

Alternative forms

• shipwrack

Etymology

From Middle English schip-wracke, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship +‎ wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/

Noun

shipwreck (countable and uncountable, plural shipwrecks)

1. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
   • 1670, John Dryden and William D'Avenant, The Tempest

     heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich

2. (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
   • 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier

     they made the coast of Cochin China, and the tempests, which rose at the same time, threatened them more than once with shipwreck

3. (figuratively) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Timothy 1:19:

     Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.

   • 1879, John Morley, Burke

     It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck.

Synonyms

• shipbreach

Derived terms

• shipwrecky

Translations

ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy

Arabic: حُطَام سَفِينَة‎ (ḥuṭām safīna) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 沉船 (zh) (chénchuán) Czech: vrak (cs) m Danish: skibsvrag (da) n, vrag n Dutch: scheepswrak (nl) n, wrak (nl) n Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hylky (fi) French: épave (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Schiffswrack (de) n Greek: ναυάγιο (el) n (navágio) Ancient: ναυάγιον n (nauágion) Hebrew: טְרֹפֶת‎ (he) f (trofet), אֳנִיָּה טְרוּפָה‎ (he) f (oniyah trufah) Hungarian: hajóroncs (hu) Italian: relitto (it) m Macedonian: кр́нтија f (kŕntija), оста́тоци од бро́долом m pl (ostátoci od bródolom) Norwegian: Bokmål: skipsvrak n Nynorsk: skipsvrak n Old English: sċipwræc n Persian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: navio naufragado m Romanian: epavă (ro) f Russian: останки кораблекрушения m pl (ostanki korablekrušenija) Spanish: pecio (es) m Swedish: skeppsvrak (sv) n Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: gemi enkazı (tr)

event where a ship sinks or runs aground

Breton: peñse (br) m Bulgarian: корабокруше́ние n (korabokrušénie) Catalan: naufragi (ca) m Czech: ztroskotání n Danish: forlis n, skibbrud n, skibsforlis n Dutch: schipbreuk (nl) f Erzya: венчколамо (venčkolamo) Finnish: haaksirikko (fi) French: naufrage (fr) m Galician: naufraxe f, naufraxio m German: Schiffbruch (de) m Greek: ναυάγιο (el) n (navágio) Ancient: ναυαγία f (nauagía) Hungarian: hajótörés (hu) Italian: naufragio (it) m Macedonian: бро́долом m (bródolom) Maori: waka papaea, paeārautanga Norman: naûfrage m Norwegian: Bokmål: skipsvrak n Nynorsk: skipsvrak n Old English: sċipġebroc n Plautdietsch: Scheppbruch m Portuguese: naufrágio (pt) m Romanian: naufragiu (ro) n Russian: кораблекруше́ние (ru) n (korablekrušénije) Serbo-Croatian: brȍdolom (sh) m Spanish: naufragio (es) m Swedish: skeppsbrott (sv) n, förlisning c Ukrainian: корабельна аварія f (korabelʹna avarija), аварія корабля f (avarija korablja) Westrobothnian: margvaƚ

destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss

Hungarian: pusztulás (hu), megsemmisülés, romlás (hu), veszte, meghiúsulás (hu) Macedonian: бро́долом m (bródolom)

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Verb

shipwreck (third-person singular simple present shipwrecks, present participle shipwrecking, simple past and past participle shipwrecked)

1. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

Translations

wreck a vessel

Catalan: naufragar (ca) Czech: ztroskotat (cs) Dutch: schipbreken, schipbreuk lijden Finnish: haaksirikkoutua French: naufrager (fr) Italian: naufragare (it) Norman: naûfragi Old English: sċipġebroc þrōwian Portuguese: naufragar (pt) Spanish: naufragar (es) Swedish: förlisa (sv)

See also

• castaway