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naufrage

naufrage noun: shipwreck.

Noun

naufrage

  1. (obsolete) shipwreck
  2. (obsolete) ruin
    • May 7 1617, Francis Bacon, speech on taking his place in Chancery
      the opinion , not to relieve any case after judginent , would be a guilty opinion ; guilty of the ruin , and naufrage , and perishing of infinite subjects

Origin of naufrage

From French naufrage (“shipwreck”), from Latin naufragium (“shipwreck”), from nāvis (“ship”) + frangere (“to break”).

Questions about naufrage

What does naufrage mean?
Naufrage means shipwreck.
What part of speech is naufrage?
Naufrage is a noun.

Words near naufrage in the dictionary

  1. Naufal
  2. naufragate
  3. naufragated
  4. naufragates
  5. naufragating
  6. naufrage
  7. naufrageous
  8. naufragous
  9. nauga
  10. naugahide
  11. naugahyde

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