breakwater

See also: break water

English

Etymology

From break +‎ water. Compare Dutch breekwater.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹeɪkwɔːtə/

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

Bulgarian: вълнолом (bg) m (vǎlnolóm)
Catalan: escullera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 防波堤 (zh) (fángbōdī)
Czech: vlnolam m
Danish: mole (da) c
Dutch: golfbreker (nl) m, (rare) breekwater m or f
Finnish: aallonmurtaja (fi)
French: brise-lames (fr) m
German: Mole (de) f, Wellenbrecher m
Greek: κυματοθραύστης (el) m (kymatothráfstis)
Hebrew: שׁוֹבֵר גַּלִּים‎ (he) m (shover galim)
Hungarian: hullámtörő (hu)
Ido: ondegoruptilo (io)
Irish: tonnchosc m
Italian: frangiflutti (it) m, frangimare m, frangionde m

Japanese: 防波堤 (ぼうはてい, bōhatei)
Korean: 방파제 (ko) (bangpaje) (防波堤 (ko))
Maori: rongoteka
Norman: caûchie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bølgebryter m

Nynorsk: bølgebrytar m
Polish: falochron (pl) m
Portuguese: quebra-mar m
Russian: волноре́з (ru) m (volnoréz), волноло́м (ru) m (volnolóm), мол (ru) m (mol), на́сыпь (ru) f (násypʹ)
Spanish: rompeolas m
Swedish: vågbrytare (sv) c
Tagalog: pamasag-alon
Ukrainian: хвилеріз m (xvyleríz)
Welsh: morglawdd m

low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship

Dutch: breekwater m or f

Italian: bulbo (it) m, bulbo di prua

the beach barrier

Chinese:
Mandarin: 防波堤 (zh) (fángbōdī)
Dutch: golfbreker (nl)
German: Buhne (de) f, Wellenbrecher m or m pl

Greek: κυματοθραύστης (el) m (kymatothráfstis)
Italian: diga foranea f
Russian: волноре́з (ru) m (volnoréz), волноло́м (ru) m (volnolóm)
Spanish: rompeolas

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Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שובר-גלים‎ m (shover-galym) (1)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} frangiflutti (it) m

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 방파제 (ko) (bangpaje)

Anagrams

water break

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