"carrack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carracks [plural]
Etymology: From French caraque (compare Spanish and Portuguese carraca, Italian caracca), from Latin carraca, from Latin carrus (“wagon”); or perhaps from Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|caraque}} French caraque, {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{m|es|carraca|}} carraca, {{cog|it|caracca}} Italian caracca, {{der|en|la|carraca}} Latin carraca, {{der|en|la|carrus||wagon}} Latin carrus (“wagon”), {{der|en|ar|قَرَاقِير}} Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr) Head templates: {{en-noun}} carrack (plural carracks)
  1. (historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. Wikipedia link: carrack Tags: historical Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: nau, carack, carrick Translations (ship): قرقور (Arabic), карака (karaka) [feminine] (Belarusian), карака (karaka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), carraca [feminine] (Catalan), karaka [feminine] (Czech), karrak (Danish), kraak [feminine] (Dutch), karakki (Finnish), caraque [feminine] (French), nef [feminine] (French), nao [feminine] (Galician), carraca [feminine] (Galician), Karacke [feminine] (German), קאראק (Hebrew), karakk (Hungarian), karkari [masculine] (Icelandic), kerakah (Indonesian), carrac (Irish), caracca [feminine] (Italian), キャラック (kyarakku) (Japanese), 캐럭 (kaereok) (Korean), karaka [feminine] (Lithuanian), карака (karaka) [feminine] (Macedonian), karakk (Norwegian), کرک (karak) (Persian), karaka [feminine] (Polish), carraca [feminine] (Portuguese), caracă [feminine] (Romanian), кара́кка (karákka) [feminine] (Russian), karaka [feminine] (Slovak), karaka [feminine] (Slovene), carraca (Spanish), karack [common-gender] (Swedish), karak (Turkish), кара́ка (karáka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), karaek (West Flemish), kraek (West Flemish), kraekship (West Flemish), kreak (West Frisian)

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caracă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "karákka",
      "sense": "ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кара́кка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "karaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "karaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ship",
      "word": "carraca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ship",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "karack"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ship",
      "word": "karak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "karáka",
      "sense": "ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кара́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "ship",
      "word": "karaek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "ship",
      "word": "kraek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "ship",
      "word": "kraekship"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "ship",
      "word": "kreak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carrack"
}

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