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light-ship

Etymology

From light (noun) +‎ ship (noun)Category:English compound terms#LIGHTSHIP. Cognate with Middle Low German lüchteschip (“lightship”), Dutch lichtschip (“lightship”).

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Noun

lightship (plural lightships)Category:English lemmas#LIGHTSHIP Category:English nouns#LIGHTSHIP Category:English countable nouns#LIGHTSHIP Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHTSHIP Category:Pages with entries#LIGHTSHIP Category:Pages with 1 entry#LIGHTSHIP

(nautical Category:en:Nautical#LIGHTSHIP) A ship riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.
Hypernyms: shipCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP, vesselCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP; light; aidCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP

Coordinate terms: light buoyCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP, lighthouseCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP

Near-synonyms: lightvesselCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP (usually synonymous), lightboatCategory:English links with manual fragments#LIGHTSHIP

Translations

lightship

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Bulgarian: кораб-фар m (korab-far)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHTSHIP, плаващ фар m (plavašt far)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Chinese:
Mandarin: 灯塔船 (dēngtǎchuán)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHTSHIP
Czech: majáková loď fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHTSHIP
Danish: fyrskib nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHTSHIP
Dutch: lichtschip (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHTSHIP
Esperanto: lumŝipoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHTSHIP
Faroese: vitaskip nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#LIGHTSHIP
Finnish: majakka-alusCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHTSHIP, majakkalaiva (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHTSHIP
French: bateau-phare (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHTSHIP, bateau-feu (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHTSHIP
Georgian: გემ-შუქურა (gem-šukura)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#LIGHTSHIP
German: Feuerschiff (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#LIGHTSHIP
Greek: φαρόπλοιο (el) n (faróploio)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHTSHIP, καραβοφάναρο (el) n (karavofánaro)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHTSHIP
Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת מִגְדַּלּוֹר f (oniyát migdalór)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHTSHIP
Icelandic: vitaskip (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHTSHIP
Irish: long sholais fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#LIGHTSHIP
Italian: nave-faro fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Japanese: 灯台船 (とうだいせん, tōdaisen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#LIGHTSHIP
Korean: 등선 (deungseon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHTSHIP
Latvian: peldošā bāka fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Macedonian: брод све́тилник m (brod svétilnik)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#LIGHTSHIP, све́тлосен брод m (svétlosen brod)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fyrskip nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#LIGHTSHIP

Nynorsk: fyrskip nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#LIGHTSHIP
Polish: latarniowiec (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHTSHIP
Portuguese: navio-farol (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHTSHIP
Romanian: navă-far fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Russian: плаву́чий мая́к (ru) m (plavúčij maják)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бро̑д-свјетио̀нӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHTSHIP, лигхтсхип mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHTSHIP, ла̏јтшӣп mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHTSHIP

Latin: brȏd-svjetiònīk mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHTSHIP, lightship (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHTSHIP, lȁjtšīp mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHTSHIP
Slovak: majáková loď fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#LIGHTSHIP
Slovene: svetilniška ladja fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#LIGHTSHIP
Spanish: buque faro mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHTSHIP
Swedish: fyrskepp (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHTSHIP, fyrfartyg (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHTSHIP
Ukrainian: плавучий маяк m (plavučyj majak)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#LIGHTSHIP

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