piraat
Dutch (Brabantic)
/piˈraːt/
noun
Definitions
- A pirate, one who plunders at sea
- A copyright pirate, who produces/ trades in illegal copies of protected products.
- A radio pirate.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French pirate derived from Old French pirate derived from Latin pīrāta (pirate) derived from Ancient Greek πειρατής (pirate).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πειρατής
Gloss
pirate
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pirate English
- pirata Latin
- pīrāta Latin
- Pirat German
- pirata Italian
- eetpiraat Dutch, Flemish
- eten Dutch, Flemish
- ether Dutch, Flemish
- etherpiraat Dutch, Flemish
- piratenschip Dutch, Flemish
- piratenzender Dutch, Flemish
- pirateren Dutch, Flemish
- piraterij Dutch, Flemish
- schip Dutch, Flemish
- weg Dutch, Flemish
- wegpiraat Dutch, Flemish
- zenden Dutch, Flemish
- zender Dutch, Flemish
- zendpiraat Dutch, Flemish
- zendpiraterij Dutch, Flemish
- pirate French
- pirater French
- pirata Spanish, Castilian
- πειρατής Ancient Greek
- πειρᾱτής Ancient Greek
- πεῖρα Ancient Greek
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- pirat Norwegian Bokmål
- pirata Portuguese
- pirat Norwegian Nynorsk
- pirat Danish
- pirate Old French
- pirat Serbo-Croatian
- пират Serbo-Croatian
- πειρατής Greek (modern)
- pirate Norman
- pirate Middle French