different between headsail vs spinnaker

English

Etymology

head +? sail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?d?s?l/, /?h?d?se?l/

Noun

headsail (plural headsails)

1. (nautical) Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.

Synonyms

• foresail

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp?n?k?/
• (US) enPR: sp?n??k?r, IPA^(key): /?sp?n?k?/

Noun

spinnaker (plural spinnakers)

1. (nautical) A supplemental sail to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.

Translations

Further reading

• spinnaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

spinnaker m (plural spinnaker)

1. (nautical) spinnaker

Synonyms

spi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English spinnaker

Noun

spinnaker m (definite singular spinnakeren, indefinite plural spinnakere, definite plural spinnakerne)

1. (nautical) a spinnaker

References

• “spinnaker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English spinnaker

Noun

spinnaker m (definite singular spinnakeren, indefinite plural spinnakerar, definite plural spinnakerane)

1. (nautical, sailing) a spinnaker

References

• “spinnaker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.