genoa

See also: Genoa

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnəʊə/

Noun

genoa (plural genoas)

1. (nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
   • 1982 January, Jerry Cartwright, “Cruising Seamanship”, in Motorboating & Sailing, volume 149, number 2, page 23:

     The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.

Translations

a staysail

• Danish: genua (da) c
• Finnish: genua (fi), genoa (fi)
• French: génois (fr) m
• German: Genua (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: genoa m

  Nynorsk: genoa m

• Occitan: genovés
• Swedish: genua c

Anagrams

• Ganoe, Genao, Onega, agone

Finnish

Noun

genoa

1. (sailing) Alternative form of genua.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen, indefinite plural genoaer, definite plural genoaene)

1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

Usage notes

Seemingly also spelt genua, as in Danish.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen) (uncertain of plural forms, possibly same as Bokmål)

1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)