ghost ship

See also: ghostship and ghost-ship

English

Alternative forms

• ghostship, ghost-ship

Etymology

ghost +‎ ship

Noun

ghost ship (plural ghost ships)

1. (nautical) An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.

   Hyponyms: Mary Celeste, Flying Dutchman

   • 2014, Valerie Martin, The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     When Hayes turned to Jephson's contribution, he found that it commenced with a description of the famous ghost ship, the Marie Celeste, being towed into Gibraltar harbor.

2. Synonym of shadow ship.

Translations

abandoned, possibly adrift ship that is haunted

• Catalan: vaixell fantasma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幽灵船

• Dutch: spookschip (nl) n
• Esperanto: fantoma ŝipo
• Finnish: aavelaiva (fi)
• French: vaisseau fantôme (fr) m
• German: Geisterschiff (de) n
• Greek: πλοίο φάντασμα n (ploío fántasma)
• Italian: nave fantasma f
• Japanese: 幽霊船 (ja) (ゆうれいせん, yūreisen)
• Korean: 유령선(幽靈船) (yuryeongseon)
• Polish: statek widmo m
• Portuguese: navio-fantasma m
• Spanish: barco fantasma m
• Swedish: spökskepp (sv) n
• Turkish: hayalet gemi

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• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เรือผี (reụ̄x p̄hī)

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