"forecastle" meaning in English

See forecastle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʊk.səl/ [General-American], /ˈfoɹ.kæ.səl/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-Forecastle.ogg Forms: forecastles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forecastel, forcastel, (whence also Anglo-French forechasteil), equivalent to fore- + castle. Compare Dutch voorkasteel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forecastel}} Middle English forecastel, {{prefix|en|fore|castle}} fore- + castle, {{cog|nl|voorkasteel}} Dutch voorkasteel Head templates: {{en-noun}} forecastle (plural forecastles)
  1. (nautical) A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow): бак (bak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), castell de proa [masculine] (Catalan), 前甲板 (qiánjiǎbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), bak [common-gender] (Danish), folkelukaf [common-gender] (Danish), voorkasteel [neuter] (Dutch), etukastelli (Finnish), pakka (Finnish), gaillard d'avant [masculine] (French), castelo [masculine] (Galician), Vorschiff [neuter] (German), Bugkastell [neuter] (German), בֵּית קַדְמָה (bet kadmá) [masculine] (Hebrew), צוּר חַרְטוֹם (tsur khartóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), kastelo avana (Ido), avana kastelo (Ido), deic thosaigh [feminine] (Irish), 船首楼 (senshurō) (alt: せんしゅろう) (Japanese), cashtal toshee [masculine] (Manx), forstage (Middle English), châté [masculine] (Norman), gaillard d'avant [masculine] (Norman), ruff [masculine] (Norwegian), bakk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bakkdekk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), forkasztel [masculine] (Polish), castelo de proa [masculine] (Portuguese), бак (bak) [masculine] (Russian), полуба́к (polubák) [masculine] (Russian), носово́й ку́брик (nosovój kúbrik) [masculine] (Russian), castillo de proa [masculine] (Spanish), backdäck [neuter] (Swedish), back [common-gender] (Swedish), fforcas [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-forecastle-en-noun-LyxoSPDh Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 59 41 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow': 86 14
  2. (nautical) Crew's quarters located at the forward part of a ship. Categories (topical): Nautical, Ship parts Translations (crew's quarters): skanssi (Finnish), מְגוּרֵי חַרְטוֹם (megurey khartom) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), צוּר הַחַרְטוֹם (tsur hakhartom) [masculine] (Hebrew), בֵּית הַקָדְמָה (beit hakadmah) [masculine] (Hebrew), caiseal tosaigh [masculine] (Irish), skans [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-forecastle-en-noun-pHxQMhwx Disambiguation of Ship parts: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 31 69 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of "crew's quarters": 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: focastle, fo'castle, fo'c'stle, fo'c's'le (english: single, double and triple contraction) Derived forms: forecastle lamp, monkey forecastle Coordinate_terms: aftcastle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "megurey khartom",
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          "sense": "crew's quarters",
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          "word": "בֵּית הַקָדְמָה"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "crew's quarters",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skans"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʊk.səl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoɹ.kæ.səl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-Forecastle.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "focastle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fo'castle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fo'c'stle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "single, double and triple contraction",
      "word": "fo'c's'le"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forecastle"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
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      "word": "aftcastle"
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    {
      "word": "forecastle lamp"
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    {
      "word": "monkey forecastle"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "prefix"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "voorkasteel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch voorkasteel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English forecastel, forcastel, (whence also Anglo-French forechasteil), equivalent to fore- + castle. Compare Dutch voorkasteel.",
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      "form": "forecastles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "upper deck",
          "upper deck"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ]
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        "(nautical) A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
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      "categories": [
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        "Crew's quarters located at the forward part of a ship."
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      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
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        [
          "forward",
          "forward"
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        "(nautical) Crew's quarters located at the forward part of a ship."
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʊk.səl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoɹ.kæ.səl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-Forecastle.ogg",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "focastle"
    },
    {
      "word": "fo'castle"
    },
    {
      "word": "fo'c'stle"
    },
    {
      "english": "single, double and triple contraction",
      "word": "fo'c's'le"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bak",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castell de proa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánjiǎbǎn",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "前甲板"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkelukaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorkasteel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "etukastelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "pakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaillard d'avant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorschiff"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bugkastell"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bet kadmá",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּית קַדְמָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsur khartóm",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צוּר חַרְטוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "kastelo avana"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "avana kastelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deic thosaigh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんしゅろう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "senshurō",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "船首楼"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cashtal toshee"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "word": "forstage"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "châté"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaillard d'avant"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruff"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bakkdekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forkasztel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castelo de proa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bak",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polubák",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полуба́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nosovój kúbrik",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "носово́й ку́брик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castillo de proa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "backdäck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "back"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fforcas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crew's quarters",
      "word": "skanssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "megurey khartom",
      "sense": "crew's quarters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "מְגוּרֵי חַרְטוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsur hakhartom",
      "sense": "crew's quarters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צוּר הַחַרְטוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "beit hakadmah",
      "sense": "crew's quarters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּית הַקָדְמָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "crew's quarters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caiseal tosaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crew's quarters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skans"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forecastle"
}

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