shipbuilding

English

Alternative forms

• ship-building

Etymology

ship +‎ building

Noun

shipbuilding (plural shipbuildings)

1. (uncountable) The construction of ships.
2. A construction of a ship.

Translations

construction of ships

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 造船 (cmn) (zàochuán)

• Czech: loďařství (cs) n
• Estonian: laevaehitus (et)
• Finnish: laivanrakennus (fi)
• French: construction navale (fr) f
• German: Schiffbau (de) m

• Japanese: 造船 (ja) (ぞうせん, zōsen)
• Korean: 조선 (ko) (joseon) (造船 (ko))
• Polish: okrętownictwo (pl) n
• Russian: судостроение (ru) (sudostrojénije) n , кораблестроение (ru) (korablestrojénije) n 
• Vietnamese: nghề đóng tàu (vi)

Related terms

• shipbuilder

See also

• boatbuilding