shipbuilding

See also: ship-building

English

Alternative forms

• ship-building

Etymology

From ship +‎ building.

Noun

shipbuilding (plural shipbuildings)

1. (uncountable, nautical) The construction of ships.
2. A construction of a ship.

Related terms

• shipbuilder

Translations

construction of ships

Basque: itsasontzigintza Bulgarian: кораблестрое́не n (korablestroéne) Chinese: Mandarin: 造船 (zh) (zàochuán) Czech: loďařství n Danish: skibsbygning c, skibsbyggeri n Estonian: laevaehitus Finnish: laivanrakennus French: construction navale (fr) f German: Schiffbau (de) m, Schiffsbau (de) m Hungarian: hajógyártás (hu), hajóépítés (hu) f Icelandic: skipasmíði (is) n Irish: saoirseacht loinge f Italian: ingegneria navale (it) m Japanese: 造船 (ja) (ぞうせん, zōsen) Korean: 조선(造船) (ko) (joseon) Latvian: kuģubūve f Macedonian: бродоградба f (brodogradba) Norwegian: Bokmål: skipsbygging m or f Nynorsk: skipsbygging f Polish: okrętownictwo n Russian: судострое́ние (ru) n (sudostrojénije), кораблестрое́ние (ru) n (korablestrojénije) Spanish: construcción naval f, construcción de barcos f Swedish: skeppsbyggnad c Ukrainian: суднобудува́ння n (sudnobuduvánnja), кораблебудува́ння n (korablebuduvánnja) Vietnamese: nghề đóng tàu Yiddish: שיפֿבױערײַ n (shifboyeray)

See also

• boatbuilding

Further reading

• shipbuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia