Wordwyrt

yacht

/ˈjɒt/YOT
/ˈjɑt/YAHT

Meaningto hunt

Common meaning: a light, fast pleasure boat

Journey through time

  1. Dutchjagen‘to hunt, to chase’source
  2. Dutchmeaning shiftsto hunt, to chase → a fast boat, a hunting craftjacht‘a fast boat, a hunting craft’source
  3. Englishyacht‘a light, fast pleasure boat’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Dutch jagen ‘to hunt’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry YACHT, p. 722 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • jagen Dutch “to hunt”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app