Freighter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a cargo ship

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈeɪɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈeɪtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈeɪtə/

2 syllables Say it as /fɹˈeɪɾɚ/.

Examples

they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bottom merchant ship merchantman

Parts of Speech

noun	a cargo ship “they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms”

Word Forms

freight

verb

transport commercially as cargo

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Frachter

ein Frachtschiff

🇫🇷French

cargo

un cargo

🇪🇸Spanish

cargador

un barco de carga

🇮🇹Italian

cargo

una nave da carico

🇳🇱Dutch

vrachtschip

een vrachtschip

🇵🇹Portuguese

cargueiro

um navio de carga

🇷🇺Russian

грузовое судно

грузовой корабль

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लादनेवाला जहाज़

एक मालवाहक जहाज

🇧🇩Bengali

মালবাহী

একটি পণ্যবাহী জাহাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

சரக்கு கப்பல்

ஒரு சரக்கு கப்பல்

🇮🇳Telugu

సరుకు రవాణా

ఒక కార్గో షిప్

🇮🇳Marathi

मालवाहू

एक मालवाहू जहाज

🇮🇳Gujarati

માલવાહક

એક માલવાહક જહાજ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸರಕು ಸಾಗಣೆ

ಒಂದು ಸರಕು ಹಡಗು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചരക്കുകൂലി

ഒരു ചരക്ക് കപ്പൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਲਵਾਹਕ

ਇੱਕ ਮਾਲ ਜਹਾਜ਼

🇵🇰Urdu

مال بردار

ایک کارگو جہاز

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

货轮

一艘货船

🇯🇵Japanese

貨物船

🇰🇷Korean

뱃짐 싣는 사람

화물선

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người chở hàng

một con tàu chở hàng

🇹🇭Thai

เรือบรรทุกสินค้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

kapal barang

sebuah kapal kargo

🇵🇭Filipino

kargamento

isang cargo ship

🇲🇾Malay

pengangkut barang

sebuah kapal kargo

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سفينة شحن

🇮🇷Persian

کشتی باری

یک کشتی باری

🇹🇷Turkish

yük gemisi

bir kargo gemisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

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The primary meaning of 'freighter' is 'a cargo ship'.

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