breakwater

See also: break water

English

breakwaters (1)

Etymology

From break +‎ water. Compare Dutch breekwater (“breakwater”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

breakwater (plural breakwaters)

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.

Translations

construction in or around a harbour

Afrikaans: breekwater
Armenian: ծովապատնեշ (hy) (covapatneš)
Bulgarian: вълноло́м (bg) m (vǎlnolóm)
Catalan: escullera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 防波堤 (zh) (fángbōdī)
Czech: vlnolam (cs) m
Danish: mole (da) c, bølgebryder c
Dutch: golfbreker (nl) m, havenhoofd (nl) n, havendam (nl) c
Estonian: muul (et)
Finnish: aallonmurtaja (fi)
French: jetée (fr) f, brise-lames (fr) m, môle (fr)
Galician: crebaondas m, quebraondas m
German: Mole (de) f, Wellenbrecher (de) m
Greek: κυματοθραύστης (el) m (kymatothráfstis)
Ancient: πρόχωσις f (prókhōsis)
Hebrew: שׁוֹבֵר גַּלִּים‎ (he) m (shover galim)
Hungarian: hullámtörő (hu)
Ido: ondegoruptilo (io)
Irish: tonnchosc m, bábhún m
Italian: frangiflutti (it) m, frangimare m, frangionde m
Japanese: 防波堤 (ja) (ぼうはてい, bōhatei)
Khmer: ជញ្ជាំងការពារឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ (cʊəñceang kaa pie cneɛ sa’mot)
Korean: 방파제(防波堤) (ko) (bangpaje)
Macedonian: насип m (nasip)
Maori: rongoteka
Norman: caûchie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bølgebryter m
Nynorsk: bølgebrytar m
Polish: falochron (pl) m
Portuguese: quebra-mar m, esporão (pt) m
Russian: волноре́з (ru) m (volnoréz), волноло́м (ru) m (volnolóm), мол (ru) m (mol), на́сыпь (ru) f (násypʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: doirlinn-fasgaidh m
Serbo-Croatian: lukobran (sh) m
Slovak: vlnolam m
Spanish: rompeolas m, espigón (es) m
Swedish: vågbrytare (sv) c
Tagalog: pamasag-alon
Ukrainian: хвилері́з m (xvyleríz)
Welsh: morglawdd m

low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship

Italian: bulbo (it) m

beach barrier

Chinese:
Mandarin: 防波堤 (zh) (fángbōdī)
Dutch: golfbreker (nl)
French: brise-lames (fr) m, digue (fr) f
German: Buhne (de) f, Wellenbrecher (de) m or m pl
Greek: κυματοθραύστης (el) m (kymatothráfstis)
Italian: diga foranea f
Korean: 방파제 (ko) (bangpaje)
Polish: ostroga brzegowa f
Russian: волноре́з (ru) m (volnoréz), волноло́м (ru) m (volnolóm)
Spanish: rompeolas

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שובר-גלים‎ m (shover-galym) (1)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 방파제 (ko) (bangpaje)

Anagrams

water break, waterbreak