disembark

English edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/
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Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Verb edit

disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
Synonyms: land, debark

The general disembarked the troops.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello:
  Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:
  This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.
(transitive) To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)
We disembarked the ferry.

Antonyms edit

embark

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

remove from on board a vessel

Bulgarian: дебаркирам (bg) (debarkiram)
Catalan: desembarcar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 登陸／登陆 (zh) (dēnglù), 下船 (zh) (xiàchuán)
Czech: vylodit
Esperanto: elŝipiĝi
Finnish: rantauttaa
French: débarquer (fr)
Galician: desembarcar (gl)
German: ausschiffen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποβιβάζω (apobibázō), ἐκβιβάζω (ekbibázō)
Italian: sbarcare (it)
Kapampangan: tipa, kuldas
Latin: egredior
Norman: dêbèrtchi, d'sembèrtchi
Polish: opuścić pokład
Portuguese: desembarcar (pt)
Romanian: descărca (ro)
Russian: выса́живать (ru) impf (vysáživatʹ), вы́садить (ru) pf (výsaditʹ)
Spanish: desembarcar (es)
Turkish: karaya çıkmak
Zazaki: kıst vıciyen

to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane

Bulgarian: дебаркирам (bg) (debarkiram)
Catalan: desembarcar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 登陸／登陆 (zh) (dēnglù), 下船 (zh) (xiàchuán)
Czech: vystoupit (cs)
Dutch: van boord gaan, ontschepen (nl)
Esperanto: elvagoniĝi, elaviiĝi
Finnish: astua maihin, nousta maihin, nousta junasta, laskeutua lentokoneesta, nousta linja-autosta
French: débarquer (fr)
Galician: desembarcar (gl)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō), ἐκβαίνω (ekbaínō)
Hungarian: leszáll (hu), kiszáll (hu)
Italian: sbarcare (it)
Japanese: 降りる (ja) (おりる, oriru), 上陸する (ja) (じょうりくする, jōriku suru)
Maori: heke, makere
Norman: dêbèrtchi, d'sembèrtchi
Polish: wysiadać (pl) impf, wysiąść (pl) pf
Portuguese: desembarcar (pt)
Russian: выса́живаться (ru) impf (vysáživatʹsja), вы́садиться (ru) pf (výsaditʹsja), сходи́ть (ru) impf (sxodítʹ), сойти́ (ru) pf (sojtí)
Spanish: desembarcar (es)
Vietnamese: xuống xe
Zazaki: war ameyen

References edit

“disembark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.