naufrage

See also: naufragé and naûfrage

English

Etymology

From French naufrage (shipwreck), from Latin naufragium (shipwreck), from nāvis (ship) + frangere (to break).

Noun

naufrage

  1. (obsolete) shipwreck
  2. (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

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naufragium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.fʁaʒ/
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Noun

naufrage m (plural naufrages)

  1. shipwreck

Derived terms

Verb

naufrage

  1. inflection of naufrager:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

naufrage

  1. vocative masculine singular of naufragus