sail
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The meaning (definition) of the word sail
to ride a boat over water using big cloth sails
The word sail used in a sentence
“We sail our boat across the lake on sunny days.”
How the word sail is said around the world
| French | naviguer (nahveegay) |
| Spanish | navegar (nahvayghahr) |
| Mandarin | 帆 (fān) |
| Hindi | जलयात्रा (gyuhlyahtrah) |
| Arabic | الشراع (ahshsheerah) |
| Russian | плыть (plyt') |
| Portuguese (EU) | velejar (vaylizhahr) |
| Portuguese (BR) | velejar (vaylayzhahr) |
| Japanese | 帆 (ho) |
| German | Segel (zayguhl) |
| Urdu | جہاز (gyuhahz) |
| Punjabi | ਜਹਾਜ਼ (gyuhahz) |
| Korean | 돛 (doc) |
| Hebrew | לְהַפְלִיג (lhahfleeyg) |
| Greek | ιστίο (istio) |
| Dutch | zeil (zeil) |
| Tagalog | maglayag (mahglahyahg) |
| Vietnamese | chèo (chew) |
| Turkish | denize açılmak (dayneeze ahchulmahk) |
| Persian | بادبان (bahdbahn) |
| Polish | żagiel (zhahgyel) |
| Ukrainian | вітрило (vitrylo) |
| Bengali | পাল (pahl) |
| Swedish | segla (sayglah) |
| Italian | vela (vaylah) |
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