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starboard

/sˈtɑːbəd/STAHR-burd
/sˈtɑɹbɚd/STAHR-burd

Meaningsteering side of a ship

Common meaning: right side of a vessel facing forward

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishstēorbord‘steering side of a ship’source
  2. Middle Englishsterebourde‘ship's right side’source
  3. Englishstarboard‘right side of a vessel facing forward’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English stēorbord ‘steering side of a ship’.

Roots

  • stēorbord Old English “steering side of a ship”

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