naufrage
English
Etymology
From French naufrage (“shipwreck”), from Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”), from nāvis (“ship”) + frangere (“to break”).
Noun
naufrage
- (obsolete) shipwreck
- (obsolete) ruin
- May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery
- the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects
- May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery
References
- “naufrage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin naufragium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no.fʁaʒ/
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Noun
naufrage m (plural naufrages)
Derived terms
Verb
naufrage
- inflection of naufrager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “naufrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
naufrage
- vocative masculine singular of naufragus