disembark

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ embark.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Verb

disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

1. (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

   Synonyms: land, debark

   The general disembarked the troops.

   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello:

     Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.

2. (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

   Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out

   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:

     This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.

3. (transitive) To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)

   We disembarked the ferry.

Antonyms

• embark

Derived terms

• disembarkation
• disembarkee
• disembarker
• disembarkment

 

Translations

remove from on board a vessel

• Bulgarian: дебаркирам (bg) (debarkiram)
• Catalan: desembarcar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 登陸／登陆 (zh) (dēnglù), 下船 (zh) (xiàchuán)

• Czech: vylodit
• Esperanto: elŝipiĝi
• Finnish: rantauttaa
• French: débarquer (fr)
• Galician: desembarcar (gl)
• German: ausschiffen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποβιβάζω (apobibázō), ἐκβιβάζω (ekbibázō)

• Italian: sbarcare (it)
• Kapampangan: tipa, kuldas
• Latin: egredior
• Norman: dêbèrtchi, d'sembèrtchi
• Polish: opuścić pokład
• Portuguese: desembarcar (pt)
• Romanian: descărca (ro)
• Russian: выса́живать (ru) impf (vysáživatʹ), вы́садить (ru) pf (výsaditʹ)
• Spanish: desembarcar (es)
• Turkish: karaya çıkmak
• Zazaki: kıst vıciyen

to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane

• Bulgarian: дебаркирам (bg) (debarkiram)
• Catalan: desembarcar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 登陸／登陆 (zh) (dēnglù), 下船 (zh) (xiàchuán)

• Czech: vystoupit (cs)
• Dutch: van boord gaan, ontschepen (nl)
• Esperanto: elvagoniĝi, elaviiĝi
• Finnish: astua maihin, nousta maihin, nousta junasta, laskeutua lentokoneesta, nousta linja-autosta
• French: débarquer (fr)
• Galician: desembarcar (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀποβαίνω (apobaínō), ἐκβαίνω (ekbaínō)

• Hungarian: leszáll (hu), kiszáll (hu)
• Italian: sbarcare (it)
• Japanese: 降りる (ja) (おりる, oriru), 上陸する (ja) (じょうりくする, jōriku suru)
• Maori: heke, makere
• Norman: dêbèrtchi, d'sembèrtchi
• Polish: wysiadać (pl) impf, wysiąść (pl) pf
• Portuguese: desembarcar (pt)
• Russian: выса́живаться (ru) impf (vysáživatʹsja), вы́садиться (ru) pf (výsaditʹsja), сходи́ть (ru) impf (sxodítʹ), сойти́ (ru) pf (sojtí)
• Spanish: desembarcar (es)
• Vietnamese: xuống xe
• Zazaki: war ameyen

References

• “disembark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.