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Le canotage
Ready to put your sea legs to work? Here’s a bunch of French vocab related to boating.
(Please let me know about any mistakes or big omissions in the comments.)
| barge | une péniche | |
| boat | un bateau | |
| canoe | un canoë | |
| dinghy | un canot | |
| ferry (big) ferry (small) either (Canada) | un ferry un bac un traversier | |
| motor boat | une barque à moteur | |
| pontoon | un ponton | |
| row boat | un canot à rames | |
| sail boat | un voilier | |
| schooner | une goélette | |
| ship | un navire | |
| abeam | par le travers | |
| aboard | à bord | |
| adrift | à la derive | |
| aft | vers l’arrière | |
| aground | à sec | |
| ahead | en avant | |
| aloft | en haut | |
| amidship | au milieu du navire | |
| anchor | un ancre | |
| astern | en arrière | |
| ballast | le lest | |
| beacon | la balise | |
| beam | la largeur de coque | |
| bearing | la position le relèvement | |
| before the wind | avec le vent arrière | |
| below | sous le pont | |
| berth | la couchette | |
| Bimini top | le bimini la tente | |
| boarding ladder | une échelle | |
| bollard | la bitte (d’amarrage) le poteau d’amarrage | |
| boom | la bôme | |
| bow | la proue | |
| bridge | la passerelle | |
| bulkhead | la cloison | |
| buoy | la bouée | |
| centerline | axe longitudinal (m) | |
| channel (radio) | le chenal | |
| channel (water) | la canal | |
| cleat | le taquet | |
| coast | la côte | |
| Coast Guard | la Garde côtière la gendarmerie maritime | |
| coastline | le littoral | |
| cove | une anse | |
| deck | le pont | |
| diesel | gasoil | |
| ebb and flow | le flux et le reflux | |
| flare | la fusée éclairante | |
| flybridge | le pont | |
| fore | à l’avant | |
| forward | vers l’avant | |
| galley | la cuisine | |
| gasoline | essence (f) | |
| grommet | un œillet | |
| halyard | la drisse | |
| harbor | le port la rade | |
| hatch | le panneau | |
| head | la toilette | |
| heading | le cap | |
| headway | erre (f) | |
| helm | la barre | |
| high tide | la marée haute | |
| hull | la coque | |
| jib | le foc | |
| keel | la quille | |
| knot | le nœud | |
| landmark | le point de repère | |
| lashing | une amarre | |
| leeward | sous le vent | |
| lifeline | la main courante | |
| lighthouse | le phare | |
| logbook | le journal de bord | |
| mainsail | la grand-voile | |
| marina | le port de plaisance | |
| mast | le mât | |
| mizzen | un artimon | |
| nautical | marin nautique | |
| nautical mile | un mille marin | |
| neap tide | la faible marée | |
| oar | la rame | |
| offshore | en mer | |
| off the coast of | au large de | |
| open sea | le large | |
| port (side of boat) | le bâbord | |
| port (harbor) | le port | |
| porthole | le hublot | |
| propeller | une hélice | |
| reef (e.g., coral) | le récif | |
| reef (in sail) | le ris | |
| rig | le gréement | |
| rudder | le gouvernail | |
| sea | la mer | |
| sea (adj) | marin | |
| sea legs | le pied marin | |
| seamark | un amer | |
| sheet | une écoute | |
| starboard | le tribord | |
| stay | la draille | |
| stern | arrière (m) la poupe | |
| swell | la houle | |
| tack | le bord la bordée | |
| throttle | un accélérateur | |
| tiller | la barre | |
| time zone | le fuseau horaire | |
| topside | le pont supérieur | |
| tow line | le câble de remorquage | |
| wake | le sillage | |
| water | eau (f) | |
| waterline | la ligne de flottaison | |
| wave | la vague | |
| weather | le temps la météo | |
| wind | le vent | |
| wind-chill | le refroidissement dû au vent | |
| windward | au vent | |
| Verbs | ||
| to bail | écoper | |
| to batten down | fermer les écoutilles condamner les panneaux | |
| to capsize | chavirer | |
| to cast off | larguer les amarres | |
| to come / go alongside | accoster | |
| to dock | amarrer | |
| to ebb | descendre | |
| to fill up (the fuel tank) | faire le plein | |
| to find one’s sea legs | s’amariner s’habituer à la mer | |
| to flood | inonder | |
| to furl | ferler | |
| to heave (a line) | lancer | |
| to heel | gîter | |
| to hoist | hisser | |
| to list | donner de la bande | |
| to luff | lofer venir au lof | |
| to moor | amarrer mouiller | |
| to sail | faire la voile | |
| to scuttle | saborder | |
| to set sail | partir en bateau | |
| to tow | remorquer |
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This a quiet a list, and I’ve managed to come up with a few questions anyway! First, what is a ferry called? Such as those that run between Portsmouth and Caen. Second, how do you say Battle Ship (like the game). Is it bateau de guerre?
Merci !
A big ferry is called un ferry, a small one is un bac.
The game Battleship is called la bataille navale or le touché-coulé.
As always, thank you!
Le littoral – at last I found the meaning.