brigantine

English

a brigantine rigged vessel

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/, /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtaɪn/

Etymology 1

Attested 1525, for a small rowing vessel, from earlier brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigō (“to fight”).

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

1. (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

     The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
     That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
     And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
     Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.

Synonyms

• hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial)

Translations

square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel

• Czech: brigantina (cs) f
• Dutch: brigantijn (nl) f
• Finnish: brigantiini
• French: brigantine (fr) f
• German: Brigantine (de) f
• Hungarian: brigantin
• Italian: brigantino (it) m
• Maori: pereki
• Polish: brygantyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: bergantim (pt) m
• Russian: бриганти́на (ru) f (brigantína)
• Swedish: brigantin c

Etymology 2

Variant form.

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

1. Alternative form of brigandine

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

brigantine f (plural brigantines)

1. trapeze-shaped type of sail

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “brigantine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.