genoa

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English

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛnəʊə/
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Noun

genoa (plural genoas)

  1. (nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
    Synonym: genoa jib
    • 1982 January, Jerry Cartwright, “Cruising Seamanship”, in Motorboating & Sailing, volume 149, number 2, page 23:
      The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

genoa

  1. (sailing) Alternative form of genua.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen, indefinite plural genoaer, definite plural genoaene)

  1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

Usage notes

Seemingly also spelt genua, as in Danish.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen) (uncertain of plural forms, possibly same as Bokmål)

  1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)
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