Nautical Vocabulary: English to French

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Comprehensive list of nautical vocabulary including boat types, directions, structural components, and verbs from the lecture transcript.

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Barge

Une péniche

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Canoe

Un canoë

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Dinghy

Un canot

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Ferry

Un ferry, un bac, ou un traversier (Canada)

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Schooner

Une goélette

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Speedboat

Une vedette

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Abeam

Par le travers

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Aboard

À bord

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Adrift

À la dérive

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Aft

Vers l’arrière

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Aground

À sec

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Ahead

En avant

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Aloft

En haut

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Amidship

Au milieu du navire

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Anchor

Un ancre

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Anchorage

Le mouillage

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Ballast

Le lest

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Beacon

La balise

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Beam

La largeur de coque

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Bearing

La position, le relèvement

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Before the wind

Avec le vent arrière

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Berth

La couchette

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Bimini top

Le bimini, la tente

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Boarding ladder

Une échelle

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Boating

Le canotage

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Bollard

La bitte (d’amarrage), le poteau d’amarrage

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Boom

La bôme

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Bow

La proue

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Bridge

La passerelle

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Bulkhead

La cloison

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Buoy

La bouée

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Centerline

Axe longitudinal (m)

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Channel

Le chenal (radio) ou la canal (water)

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Cleat

Le taquet

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Coast Guard

La Garde côtière, la gendarmerie maritime

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Coastline

Le littoral

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Cove

Une anse

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Ebb and flow

Le flux et le reflux

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Flare

La fusée éclairante

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Flybridge

Le pont

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Fore

À l’avant

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Forward

Vers l’avant

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Galley

La cuisine

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Grommet

Un œillet

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Halyard

La drisse

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Harbor

Le port, la rade

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Hatch

Le panneau

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Head

La toilette

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Heading

Le cap

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Headway

Erre (f)

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Helm

La barre

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High tide

La marée haute

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Hull

La coque

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Jib

Le foc

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Keel

La quille

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Knot

Le nœud

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Landmark

Le point de repère

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Lashing

Une amarre

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Leeward

Sous le vent

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Lifeline

La main courante

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Mainsail

La grand-voile

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Mizzen

Un artimon

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Nautical mile

Un mille marin

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Neap tide

La faible marée

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Port

Le bâbord (side of boat) or le port (harbor)

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Porthole

Le hublot

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Propeller

Une hélice

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Reef

Le récif (coral) or le ris (in sail)

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Rig

Le gréement

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Rudder

Le gouvernail

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Sea legs

Le pied marin

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Seamark

Un amer

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Sheet

Une écoute

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Starboard

Le tribord

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Stay

La draille

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Stern

Arrière (m), la poupe

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Swell

La houle

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Tack

Le bord, la bordée

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Throttle

Un accélérateur

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Tiller

La barre

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Topside

Le pont supérieur

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Tow line

Le câble de remorquage

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Wake

Le sillage

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Waterline

La ligne de flottaison

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Wind-chill

Le refroidissement dû au vent

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Windward

Au vent

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To bail out

Écoper

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To batten down

Fermer les écoutilles, condamner les panneaux

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To capsize

Chavirer

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To cast off

Larguer les amarres

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To come / go alongside

Accoster

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To dock

Amarrer

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To ebb

Descendre

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To find one’s sea legs

Amariner, s’habituer à la mer

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To furl

Ferler

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To heel

Gîter

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To hoist

Hisser

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To list

Donner de la bande

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To luff

Lofer, venir au lof

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To moor

Amarrer, mouiller