English
Etymology
From Middle English forecastel, forcastel, (whence also Anglo-French forechasteil), equivalent to fore- + castle. Compare Dutch voorkasteel.
Pronunciation
Noun
forecastle (plural forecastles)
- (nautical) A raised part of the upper deck at the front of a ship; the structure of this part of the ship; the crew's quarters located within it.
- Antonyms: aftcastle, aftercastle
- Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel
- Comeronyms: well deck, foredeck, afterdeck, poop deck
Derived terms
Translations
nautical: raised part of the upper deck at bow
- Bulgarian: бак m (bak)
- Catalan: castell (ca) de proa m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 前甲板 (zh) (qiánjiǎbǎn)
- Danish: bak c, folkelukaf c
- Dutch: voorkasteel n
- Finnish: etukastelli (fi), pakka (fi)
- French: gaillard (fr) d'avant m
- Galician: castelo (gl) m
- German: Vorschiff (de) n, Bugkastell n
- Hebrew: בֵּית קַדְמָה (he) m (bet kadmá), צוּר חַרְטוֹם (he) m (tsur khartóm)
- Ido: kastelo avana (io), avana kastelo (io)
- Irish: deic thosaigh f
- Japanese: 船首楼 (せんしゅろう, senshurō)
- Manx: cashtal toshee m
- Middle English: forstage
- Norman: châté m, gaillard d'avant m
- Norwegian: ruff m
- Bokmål: bakk (no) m, bakkdekk n
- Polish: forkasztel m
- Portuguese: castelo de proa m
- Russian: бак (ru) m (bak), полуба́к (ru) m (polubák), носово́й ку́брик m (nosovój kúbrik)
- Spanish: castillo de proa m
- Swedish: backdäck n, back (sv) c
- Welsh: fforcas m
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crew's quarters
- Finnish: skanssi (fi)
- Hebrew: מְגוּרֵי חַרְטוֹם (he) m pl (megurey khartom), צוּר הַחַרְטוֹם (he) m (tsur hakhartom), בֵּית הַקָדְמָה (he) m (beit hakadmah)
- Irish: caiseal tosaigh m
- Swedish: skans (sv) c
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