shipwreck
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/
shipwreck
- A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
- An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
- (figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Timothy 1:19 ↗:
- Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.
- It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck.
- French: épave
- German: Schiffswrack
- Italian: relitto
- Portuguese: navio naufragado
- Russian: останки кораблекрушения
- Spanish: pecio
- French: naufrage
- German: Schiffbruch
- Italian: naufragio
- Portuguese: naufrágio
- Russian: кораблекруше́ние
- Spanish: naufragio
shipwreck (shipwrecks, present participle shipwrecking; past and past participle shipwrecked)
Translations- French: naufrager
- Italian: naufragare
- Spanish: naufragar
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