watercraft

English

A little girl steering a watercraft in Tonle Sap Lake.

Etymology

From water +‎ craft or water +‎ -craft.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔtɚkɹæft/

Noun

watercraft (countable and uncountable, plural watercrafts or watercraft)

1. (countable and uncountable) Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.

   Hypernym: vehicle

   Hyponym: Thesaurus:watercraft § Hyponyms

2. (uncountable, rare) Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.

Derived terms

• personal watercraft

Translations

any self-propelled vessel

• Catalan: embarcació (ca) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: veesõiduk
• Finnish: vesikulkuneuvo (fi)
• German: Wasserfahrzeug (de) n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: fartyg (sv) n
• Turkish: deniz taşıtı, deniz aracı (tr)

skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports