Athwart — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

at right angles to the center line of a ship

at an oblique angle

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹkɐnˌɛt/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈaθwɔːt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈaθwɔːt/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹkɐnˌɛt/.

Examples

the sun shone aslant into his face

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

aslant obliquely

Parts of Speech

adverb	at right angles to the center line of a ship
adverb	at an oblique angle “the sun shone aslant into his face”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

quer

im rechten Winkel zur Mittellinie eines Schiffes

🇫🇷French

en travers

perpendiculairement à l'axe médian d'un navire

🇪🇸Spanish

contra

en ángulo recto con la línea central de un barco

🇮🇹Italian

di traverso

ad angolo retto rispetto alla linea centrale di una nave

🇳🇱Dutch

dwars

loodrecht op de hartlijn van een schip

🇵🇹Portuguese

transversalmente

perpendicularmente à linha central de um navio

🇷🇺Russian

поперек

под прямым углом к диаметральной плоскости корабля

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आर-पार

जहाज़ की केंद्र रेखा के समकोण पर

🇮🇳Tamil

அத்வார்ட்

ஒரு கப்பலின் மையக் கோட்டிற்கு செங்கோணத்தில்

🇮🇳Telugu

అడ్డుకో

ఓడ యొక్క మధ్య రేఖకు లంబ కోణంలో

🇮🇳Marathi

अथवार्ट

जहाजाच्या मध्य रेषेच्या काटकोनात

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિરર્થક

વહાણની મધ્ય રેખાના જમણા ખૂણા પર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡಿಪಡಿಸು

ಹಡಗಿನ ಮಧ್ಯದ ರೇಖೆಗೆ ಲಂಬ ಕೋನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക

ഒരു കപ്പലിൻ്റെ മധ്യരേഖയിലേക്ക് വലത് കോണിൽ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

横行

与船的中心线成直角

🇯🇵Japanese

横柄な

船の中心線に対して直角に

🇰🇷Korean

어긋나게

선박의 중심선에 직각으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngang

vuông góc với đường tâm tàu

🇹🇭Thai

ต่อต้าน

ตรงมุมฉากกับเส้นกึ่งกลางของเรือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

melintang

tegak lurus terhadap garis tengah kapal

🇵🇭Filipino

hadlangan

sa tamang mga anggulo sa gitnang linya ng isang barko

🇲🇾Malay

menggagalkan

bersudut tepat dengan garis tengah kapal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير متوقع

بزوايا قائمة على الخط الأوسط للسفينة

🇮🇷Persian

ناکام

در زوایای قائم به خط مرکزی یک کشتی

🇹🇷Turkish

ters

bir geminin merkez hattına dik açılarda

🇮🇱Hebrew

לסכל

בזווית ישרה לקו המרכז של ספינה

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What is the primary definition of the word 'athwart'?

The primary meaning of 'athwart' is 'at right angles to the center line of a ship'.

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Using 'athwart' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'athwart' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'athwart' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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