"binnacle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɪnəkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-binnacle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: binnacles [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of earlier bittacle, from French habitacle. Or from obsolete Spanish or Portuguese bitácula, both from Late Latin habitāculum (“little dwelling place”). Compare modern Spanish bitácora. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bittacle}} bittacle, {{der|en|fr|habitacle}} French habitacle, {{der|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{der|en|pt|bitácula}} Portuguese bitácula, {{der|en|LL.|habitāculum||little dwelling place}} Late Latin habitāculum (“little dwelling place”), {{m|es|bitácora}} bitácora Head templates: {{en-noun}} binnacle (plural binnacles)
  1. (nautical) The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements. The log and other equipment for measuring the ship's speed are also stowed there. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations ((nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass): bitàcola [feminine] (Catalan), kompashuisje [neuter] (Dutch), kompassipylväs (Finnish), habitacle [masculine] (French), Kompasshaus [neuter] (German), Kompasshäuschen [neuter] (German), πυξιδοθήκη (pyxidothíki) [feminine] (Greek), בֵּית מַצְפֵּן (beyt matspen) [masculine] (Hebrew), chiesuola [feminine] (Italian), 羅針箱 (rashinhako) (alt: らしんはこ) (Japanese), naktuz [masculine] (Polish), bitácula [feminine] (Portuguese), abitàcol [masculine] (Romagnol), habitaclu [neuter] (Romanian), накто́уз (naktóuz) [masculine] (Russian), bitácora [feminine] (Spanish), нактоуз (naktouz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), binacl [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-binnacle-en-noun-XMB-v93e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass": 98 2
  2. The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.
    Sense id: en-binnacle-en-noun-ANyadyhD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: binnacle list

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "habitacle"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kompasshaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kompasshäuschen"
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πυξιδοθήκη"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּית מַצְפֵּן"
    },
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "word": "羅針箱"
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
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      "word": "naktuz"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bitácula"
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      "code": "rgn",
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "накто́уз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bitácora"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naktouz",
      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нактоуз"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "(nautical) the wooden housing for a ship's compass",
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      "word": "binacl"
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  "word": "binnacle"
}

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