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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnəkə/
• (US) enPR: spĭnʹəkər, IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnəkɚ/

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spinnaker (plural spinnakers)

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

   Synonym: spinney

spinnaker (third-person singular simple present spinnakers, present participle spinnakering, simple past and past participle spinnakered)

1. (nautical) To sail using a spinnaker
   • 1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:

     On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.

   • 2010, Pete Goss, Close to the Wind:

     We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.

• spinnaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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spinnaker m (plural spinnakers)

1. spinnaker

• “spinnaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

spinnaker

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Unadapted borrowing from English spinnaker.

spinnaker m

1. (nautical) spinnaker

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Spinnaker

Wikipedia ^no

From English spinnaker.

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

1. (nautical) a spinnaker

• “spinnaker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English spinnaker.

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

1. (nautical, sailing) a spinnaker

• “spinnaker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.