regatta

English

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta (“contention for mastery”), from regattare (“compete, haggle, sell at retail”), possibly from recatare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈɡætə/, /ɹɪˈɡɑtə/
• Rhymes: -ætə
• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

regatta (countable and uncountable, plural regattas or regatte)

1. (countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.
2. A striped cotton fabric.

Translations

boat race

• Czech: regata f
• Finnish: purjehduskilpailu, regatta
• French: régate (fr) f
• Hebrew: רֶגָטָה‎ (he) f (regatta), תַּחֲרוּת שַׁיִט‎ (he) f (takharut shayit)
• Maori: whakataetae waka

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regatta m

  Nynorsk: regatta m

• Spanish: regata (es) f

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Finnish

Noun

regatta

1. regatta (boat race)

Declension

Inflection of regatta (Kotus type 9/kala, tt-t gradation)
nominative		regatta	regatat
genitive		regatan	regattojen
partitive		regattaa	regattoja
illative		regattaan	regattoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		regatta	regatat
accusative	nom.	regatta	regatat
	gen.	regatan
genitive		regatan	regattojen regattainrare
partitive		regattaa	regattoja
inessive		regatassa	regatoissa
elative		regatasta	regatoista
illative		regattaan	regattoihin
adessive		regatalla	regatoilla
ablative		regatalta	regatoilta
allative		regatalle	regatoille
essive		regattana	regattoina
translative		regataksi	regatoiksi
instructive		—	regatoin
abessive		regatatta	regatoitta
comitative		—	regattoineen

Possessive forms of regatta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	regattani	regattamme
2nd person	regattasi	regattanne
3rd person	regattansa

Anagrams

• regatat

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta

Noun

regatta m (definite singular regattaen, indefinite plural regattaer, definite plural regattaene)

1. (nautical, sailing) a regatta

Synonyms

• seilas

References

• “regatta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta

Noun

regatta m (definite singular regattaen, indefinite plural regattaer or regattaar, definite plural regattaene or regattaane)

1. (nautical, sailing) a regatta

References

• “regatta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.