Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shipmate

/ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: ship-mate
IPA: /ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.

noun

Any sailor (when used as a form of address by a sailor).

Informal

Example Sentences

""And who else?" returned the other, getting more at his ease. "Black Dog as ever was, come for to see his old shipmate Billy, at the 'Admiral Benbow' inn. Ah, Bill, Bill, we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons," holding up his mutilated hand."
"But the feeling certainly does not extend to a shipmate who dobs his cobber in for a draft from a happy ship!"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English shipmate From ship + -mate.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

shipmates (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce shipmate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt/.
What does shipmate mean?: A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another.
Where does shipmate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate English -mate English shipmate From ship + -mate.

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