"spinnaker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪnəkə/ [UK], /ˈspɪnəkɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-spinnaker.wav [UK] Forms: spinnakers [plural]
enPR: spĭnʹəkər Head templates: {{en-noun}} spinnaker (plural spinnakers)
  1. (nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind. Categories (topical): Nautical, Sailing Synonyms: spinney Derived forms: asymmetrical spinnaker, spinnaker pole Translations (sail): спинакер (spinaker) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pallopurje (Finnish), spinaakkeri (Finnish), τρίγωνο ιστίο (trígono istío) [neuter] (Greek), סְפִּינֵקֶר (spineker) [masculine] (Hebrew), spi [masculine] (Italian), spinaker [masculine] (Italian), спи́накер (spínaker) [masculine] (Macedonian), spinnaker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spinnaker [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), spinaker [masculine] (Polish), motyl [masculine] (Polish), espináker [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spinnaker-en-noun-JyONJr7Q Disambiguation of Sailing: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Topics: nautical, transport

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɪnəkə/ [UK], /ˈspɪnəkɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-spinnaker.wav [UK] Forms: spinnakers [present, singular, third-person], spinnakering [participle, present], spinnakered [participle, past], spinnakered [past]
enPR: spĭnʹəkər Head templates: {{en-verb}} spinnaker (third-person singular simple present spinnakers, present participle spinnakering, simple past and past participle spinnakered)
  1. (nautical) To sail using a spinnaker Categories (topical): Nautical, Sailing
    Sense id: en-spinnaker-en-verb-TtMSKmqW Disambiguation of Sailing: 48 52 Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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