English-Thai Dictionary

catamaran

N เรือใบ ที่ มี ลำ เรือ สอง ลำ  double-hulled craft ruea-bai-ti-me-lam-ruea-song-lam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATAMARAN

Cat `a *ma *ran ", n. Etym: [The native East Indian name. ]

 

1. A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.

 

2. Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp. , one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.

 

3. A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat. The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 18 4, were called catamarans. Knight.

 

4. A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

catamaran

cat a ma ran |ˌkatəməˈran, ˈkatəməˌran ˈˌkædəməˈˌræn | ▶noun a yacht or other boat with twin hulls in parallel. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Tamil kaṭṭumaram, literally ‘tied wood. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

catamaran

cata |ma ¦ran |ˌkatəməˈran | ▶noun a yacht or other boat with twin hulls in parallel. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Tamil kaṭṭumaram, literally ‘tied wood ’.

 

French Dictionary

catamaran

catamaran n. m. nom masculin Voilier à deux coques. : Des catamarans très rapides. Note Orthographique catamar an.

 

Spanish Dictionary

catamarán

catamarán nombre masculino 1 Embarcación deportiva de vela y motor formada por dos cascos estrechos y alargados unidos por una plataforma :el catamarán soporta olas de gran magnitud .2 Balsa de tres a cinco troncos de madera con la proa fina y los costados ligeramente alzados, empleada especialmente en la India .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del inglés catamaran y este del tamil kattumaram, compuesto por kattu ‘atar ’ y maram ‘árbol, madera ’, por ser en su origen una embarcación fabricada con troncos ensamblados .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

catamaran

cat a ma ran /kæ̀təmərǽn /名詞 C 1 双胴船 〘2つの船体を平行につないだ (帆 )船 〙.2 いかだ .