genoa

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnəʊə/

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genoa (plural genoas)

1. (nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.

   Synonym: genoa jib

   • 1982 January, Jerry Cartwright, “Cruising Seamanship”, in Motorboating & Sailing, volume 149, number 2, page 23:

     The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.

• Ganoe, Genao, Onega, agone

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡenoɑ/, [ˈɡe̞no̞ɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒenoɑ/, [ˈdʒe̞no̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -enoɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ge‧no‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): ge‧noa

genoa

1. (sailing) alternative form of genua

genoa m (definite singular genoaen, indefinite plural genoaer, definite plural genoaene)

1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

Seemingly also spelt genua, as in Danish.

genoa m (definite singular genoaen) (uncertain of plural forms, possibly same as Bokmål)

1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)