disembarkation

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ embarkation or disembark +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪmbɑːˈkeɪʃən/

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Noun

disembarkation (countable and uncountable, plural disembarkations)

1. The act of disembarking.
   • 1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41:

     Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: desembarcament (ca) m, desembarcada f
• Danish: afstigning c
• Finnish: maihinnousu (fi)
• French: débarquement (fr) m
• Galician: desembarque (gl) m, desembarco (gl) m
• Greek: αποβίβαση (el) (apovívasi)
• Latin: egressio, egressum, egressus
• Maori: hekenga, makeretanga
• Norwegian: ilandstigning
• Portuguese: desembarque (pt) m, desembarco (pt) m
• Spanish: desembarque (es) m, desembarco (es) m
• Swedish: avstigning (sv) c

References

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