mainsail

English

The red sail is the mainsail.

Etymology

From main +‎ sail.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪnseɪl/, /ˈmeɪnsəl/[1]
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

mainsail (plural mainsails)

(nautical) The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

Synonyms

main (“mainsail”)

Translations

largest sail on a sailing vessel

Belorussian: грот m (hrot)
Bulgarian: грот (grot)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主帆 (zh) (zhǔfān)
Danish: storsejl (da) n
Dutch: grootzeil (nl)
Esperanto: ĉefvelo, grandvelo
Finnish: isopurje (fi)
French: grand-voile (fr) f
German: Großsegel (de) n
Indonesian: layar agung (id)
Italian: vela maestra f, randa (it) f
Maori: rā turuturu matua
Norman: grand' vaile f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: storseil n
Polish: grot (pl)
Portuguese: vela grande
Russian: грот (ru) m (grot)
Scottish Gaelic: prìomh-sheòl m
Spanish: vela mayor (es) f
Ukrainian: грот (uk) m (hrot)

References

Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.62, page 268.

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