catamaran

Etymology

From Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) + மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkætəmɚˌæn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.ə.mə.ɹæn/, /ˈkæt.ə.mɹ̩æn/

• CA synth

  (file)

Noun

catamaran (plural catamarans)

1. A twin-hulled ship or boat.
2. (colloquial, rare, obsolete) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
   • 1889, William Makepeace Thackeray, Hobson's Choice:

     She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.

Etymology

From Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) + மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/
• Homophone: catamarans

Noun

catamaran m (plural catamarans)

1. catamaran, a twin-hulled ship or boat

Further reading

• “catamaran” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from English catamaran, from Tamil.

Noun

catamaran m (plural catamarans)

1. (Jersey) catamaran