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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-sail.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl

Homophones
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Etymology 1
OE. seġel

Noun
en-noun

1. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
2. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
3. The blade of a windmill
4. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
5. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.

Translations
trans-top|a piece of fabric attached to a boat
Czech: plachta f
Danish: sejl n
Dutch: zeil n
Finnish: purje
Greek: �ανί n
German: Segel n
Hebrew: he-translation|�פרש|mifrás m
Icelandic: segl n
Italian: vela f
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Korean: � (doch, dot)
Polish: żagiel m
Portuguese: vela f
Romanian: vel� f
Serbian: jedro n
Slovene: jadro n
Spanish: vela f
Swedish: segel n
Telugu: త�ర�ాప (teracaapa)
Welsh: hwyl
Norwegian: seil
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trans-top|a trip in a boat
Danish: sejltur c
Dutch: zeiltocht f
Finnish: purjehdus
Greek: ί��ιο n
German: Törn m
Icelandic: sigling f
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Norwegian: seiltur
Serbian: jedrenje
Swedish: seglats c
Telugu: పడవ ప�రయాణ� (paDava prayaaNaM)
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trans-top|the blade of a windmill
Finnish: siipi
German: Windmühlenflügel m
Italian: pala
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Portuguese: pá f
Spanish: aspa f
Welsh: asgell, hwyl
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trans-top|a tower-like structure found on the topside of a submarine
Finnish: torni
trans-mid
Italian: vela f
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trans-top|floating organ of siphonophores
Finnish: t|fi|uimakello
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ttbc|Albanian: velë f
ttbc|Catalan: vela f
ttbc|Croatian: jedro
ttbc|Esperanto: velo
ttbc|French: voile
ttbc|Hawaiian: l�
ttbc|Hungarian: vitorla
ttbc|Ido: seglo
ttbc|Ilocano: layag
ttbc|Indonesian: layar
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ttbc|Lithuanian: bur�
ttbc|Malagasy: lay
ttbc|Maori: raa
ttbc|Serbian: �ед�о n
ttbc|Slovak: plachta
ttbc|Spanish: vela f
ttbc|Tagalog: layag
ttbc|Turkish: yelken
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Etymology 2
OE. seġlian

Verb
en-verb

1. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
2. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
3. To move briskly.

Translations
trans-top|to ride in a boat, esp. sailboat
Danish: sejle
Dutch: zeilen
Finnish: purjehtia, seilata
French: naviger à voile
German: segeln
Greek: �λέ�
Hebrew: he-translation|�ש��|lashút, he-translation|��פ���|lehaflíg
Icelandic: sigla
trans-mid
Italian: navigare a vela, veleggiare, condurre
Latin: navigo|n�vig�
Portuguese: velejar
Romanian: naviga
Slovene: jadrati
Swedish: segla
Norwegian: seile
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trans-top|to move briskly and gracefully through the air
Danish: sejle, flyve
Dutch: zeilen
Finnish: liitää
French: voler
German: segeln
Greek: α�μενίζ�
trans-mid
Italian: veleggiare
Romanian: naviga
Slovene: jadrati
Swedish: segla
Norwegian: seile
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trans-top|to move briskly
Danish: sejle, komme brusende
Finnish: liitää, kiitää
German: segeln
trans-mid
Romanian: naviga
Norwegian: seile
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Anagrams
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Basque

Noun
sail

1. area

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Irish

Noun
sail f

1. dirt

Declension
ga noun f2 nopl|sa|il|ile

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