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French word
débarquer
Pronunciation
IPA/debaʁke/
Meaning
- verbput ashore
Example
Le navire a débarqué les passagers ce matin.
The ship put the passengers ashore this morning.
More examples
Les passagers ont débarqué d'un bateau à midi.
The passengers disembarked from a boat at noon.
Core concept
A vessel or aircraft delivers its people or load onto solid ground, or those aboard step off onto it.
Common phrases
débarquer les passagers
disembark the passengers
débarquer d'un bateau
disembark from a boat
débarquer à terre
come ashore
Similar words
descendre: Get out of the vehicle used for travel.
sortir: Leave the inside of a building or vehicle for the outside.
embarquer: Put passengers or baggage aboard a ship or plane.
décharger: Unload cargo or baggage from a vehicle or storage area.
Definition in French
Descendre d'un moyen de transport maritime ou aérien, ou faire descendre des passagers ou du fret d'un navire.
Word origin
The verb developed from Old French desbarquer, with dé- marking removal from a barque, or boat, and it retains both unloading and disembarking uses.
Usage tips
- With a person as subject, débarquer is intransitive, as in 'Les passagers ont débarqué'; with a vessel as subject, it can take passengers or cargo as a direct object.
Other meanings
- get offverb
- deplaneverb
Opposites
- embarquerembarkverb
Related words
- débarquementdisembarkationnoun
- débarquédisembarkedadjective