sailing

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to .

Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of sail

Adjective

sailing (not comparable)

1. Travelling by ship.

Translations

• German: segeln

Etymology 2

From Middle English sailyng, seyling, from Old English seġling, seġlung, from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō; equivalent to .

Noun

sailing

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

Translations

• French: navigation la voile, navigation à voile
• German: Segeln
• Italian: navigazione
• Portuguese: navegação, vela
• Russian: парусный спорт
• Spanish: navegación, navegación a vela

Translations

• Spanish: náutica

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