Ship - Navire (The 1416th Most Common French Word)

The French translation for Ship is Navire. It is the 1416th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A2 word. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about transport & travel. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: ship

French: navire

Examples


The ship was sailing at a rate of knots.	Le navire naviguait à bonne vitesse.
At a distance, the ship looks like an island.	De loin, le navire ressemble à une île.
There are no women aboard this ship.	Il n'y a pas de femmes à bord de ce navire.
The ship soon disappeared from sight.	Le navire a rapidement disparu de la vue.
Because of the storm, the ship couldn't leave the harbor.	En raison de la tempête, le navire n'a pas pu quitter le port.
The captain gave the order to abandon the ship.	Le capitaine donna l'ordre d'abandonner le navire.
The ship was locked in ice.	Le navire était enfermé dans les glaces.
Rats leave a sinking ship.	Les rats quittent le navire qui coule.

It was a ship with a crew of 25 sailors.	C'était un navire avec un équipage de 25 marins.
The length of this ship is 30 meters.	La longueur de ce navire est de 30 mètres.
I slept aboard the ship.	J'ai dormi à bord du navire.
The crew abandoned the ship.	L'équipage a quitté le navire.
The ship had three decks.	Le navire avait trois ponts.
The ship set sail for Bombay.	Le navire fit voile pour Bombay.
The sailors abandoned the burning ship.	Les marins abandonnèrent le navire en flammes.
A captain controls his ship and its crew.	Un capitaine dirige son navire et son équipage.
The captain controls the whole ship.	Le capitaine contrôle tout le navire.
Rats desert a sinking ship.	Les rats quittent le navire qui coule.
They abandoned the sinking ship.	Ils abandonnèrent le navire en perdition.
The ship is not seaworthy.	Le navire n'est pas en état de naviguer.
They abandoned the ship.	Ils abandonnèrent le navire.