sampan

Etymology

From Sinitic, likely Cantonese 三板 (saam1 baan2) or Min Nan 舢舨 (sam-pán).

Noun

sampan (plural sampans)

1. A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars.

Alternative forms

• champan (archaic)

Etymology

From Chinese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑmpɑn/

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• Hyphenation: sam‧pan

Noun

sampan f (plural sampans)

1. sampan (Chinese wooden boat)

Noun

sampan (plural sampan-sampan)

1. sampan

Etymology

From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.

Noun

sampan m (definite singular sampanen, indefinite plural sampaner, definite plural sampanene)

1. (nautical) a sampan
   • 2014, "Den tapte historien" by Kim Fay, Bazarforlag ISBN 8280876383

     Mellom dem drev sampaner som så ut som de var kommet seilende fra et annet århundre.

     Between them went sampans that looked as though they were sailing in from another century.

References

• “sampan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sampan” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Etymology

From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.

Noun

sampan m (definite singular sampanen, indefinite plural sampanar, definite plural sampanane)

1. (nautical) a sampan

References

• “sampan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.