Meaning of "pirate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIRATE

From Latin pīrāta, from Greek peirātēs one who attacks, from peira an attempt, attack.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PIRATE

pirate  [ˈpaɪrɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIRATE

Pirate is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pirate in English.

WHAT DOES PIRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Piracy

Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator. The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. Piracy or pirating is the name of a specific crime under customary international law and also the name of a number of crimes under the municipal law of a number of States. It is distinguished from privateering, which is authorized by national authorities and therefore a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors. Privateering is considered commerce raiding, and was outlawed by the Peace of Westphalia for signatories to those treaties. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates. In the 21st century, the international community is facing many problems in bringing pirates to justice.

Definition of pirate in the English dictionary

The first definition of pirate in the dictionary is a person who commits piracy. Other definition of pirate is a vessel used by pirates. Pirate is also a person who illicitly uses or appropriates someone else's literary, artistic, or other work.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PIRATE

PRESENT

Present

I pirate

you pirate

he/she/it pirates

we pirate

you pirate

they pirate

Present continuous

I am pirating

you are pirating

he/she/it is pirating

we are pirating

you are pirating

they are pirating

Present perfect

I have pirated

you have pirated

he/she/it has pirated

we have pirated

you have pirated

they have pirated

Present perfect continuous

I have been pirating

you have been pirating

he/she/it has been pirating

we have been pirating

you have been pirating

they have been pirating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pirated

you pirated

he/she/it pirated

we pirated

you pirated

they pirated

Past continuous

I was pirating

you were pirating

he/she/it was pirating

we were pirating

you were pirating

they were pirating

Past perfect

I had pirated

you had pirated

he/she/it had pirated

we had pirated

you had pirated

they had pirated

Past perfect continuous

I had been pirating

you had been pirating

he/she/it had been pirating

we had been pirating

you had been pirating

they had been pirating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pirate

you will pirate

he/she/it will pirate

we will pirate

you will pirate

they will pirate

Future continuous

I will be pirating

you will be pirating

he/she/it will be pirating

we will be pirating

you will be pirating

they will be pirating

Future perfect

I will have pirated

you will have pirated

he/she/it will have pirated

we will have pirated

you will have pirated

they will have pirated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pirating

you will have been pirating

he/she/it will have been pirating

we will have been pirating

you will have been pirating

they will have been pirating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pirate

you would pirate

he/she/it would pirate

we would pirate

you would pirate

they would pirate

Conditional continuous

I would be pirating

you would be pirating

he/she/it would be pirating

we would be pirating

you would be pirating

they would be pirating

Conditional perfect

I would have pirate

you would have pirate

he/she/it would have pirate

we would have pirate

you would have pirate

they would have pirate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pirating

you would have been pirating

he/she/it would have been pirating

we would have been pirating

you would have been pirating

they would have been pirating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pirate
we let´s pirate
you pirate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pirate

Past participle

pirated

Present Participle

pirating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PIRATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pirate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pirate

appropriate · bootleg · borrow · buccaneer · copy · corsair · crib · cribber · filibuster · freebooter · lift · marauder · plagiarist · plagiarize · plagiarizer · poach · raider · reproduce · rover · sea rover · steal

TRANSLATION OF PIRATE

Find out the translation of pirate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pirate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pirate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 海盗
• Translator English - Spanish: pirata
• English: pirate
• Translator English - Hindi: समुद्री डाकू
• Translator English - Arabic: قُرْصان
• Translator English - Russian: пират
• Translator English - Portuguese: pirata
• Translator English - Bengali: জলদসু্য
• Translator English - French: pirate
• Translator English - Malay: Lanun
• Translator English - German: Pirat
• Translator English - Japanese: 海賊
• Translator English - Korean: 해적
• Translator English - Javanese: Pirate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cướp biển
• Translator English - Tamil: கடற்கொள்ளை
• Translator English - Marathi: वाड्: मयचोर
• Translator English - Turkish: korsan
• Translator English - Italian: pirata
• Translator English - Polish: pirat
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пірат
• Translator English - Romanian: pirat
• Translator English - Greek: πειρατής
• Translator English - Afrikaans: seerower
• Translator English - Swedish: pirat
• Translator English - Norwegian: sjørøver

10 QUOTES WITH «PIRATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pirate.

1

Todd Barry

I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.

2

Maria Bello

My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a man, who was this great sword fighter, and the captain fell in love with her.

3

Howard Berman

How much greater would their contributions to the U.S. economy be if U.S. copyright owners could access foreign markets otherwise dominated by pirate product?

4

Michelle Branch

I have a pirate fetish - I just always thought eye patches were sexy.

5

Michelle Branch

If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

6

Michael Caine

Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

7

Shelley Conn

When I was studying, I was part of a children's entertainment company, and I'd have to dress up as a pirate or fairy and go to corporate parties and entertain the children. I will never, ever do that again. The worst was the demanding children - I've never been so exhausted doing a job as that one.

8

Johnny Depp

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

9

Dean Devlin

I can tell you as a fact that if you'd asked anyone in Hollywood one year before 'Pirates of the Caribbean' had come out, they'd have told you the pirate movie was a dead genre. And it's not that it's a dead genre. If you make a bad pirate movie, no one will want to see it. If you make a good one, everyone will want to see it.

10

Corey Feldman

It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIRATE»

Discover the use of pirate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pirate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

How I Became a Pirate

Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life.

Melinda Long, 2003

Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your ...

Based on Dave Burgess's popular "Outrageous Teaching" and "Teach Like a PIRATE" seminars, this book offers inspiration, practical techniques, and innovative ideas that will help you to increase student engagement, boost your creativity, and ...

Dave Burgess, 2012

Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the ...

This book represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.

‎1995

Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate

In this lively and engaging new biography, Harry Kelsey shatters the familiar image of Sir Francis Drake.

Harry Kelsey, 1998

Pirate

Years after Italian privateer Marco Glaviano saves orphaned twelve-year-old Christina Abbott from Spanish pirates and takes her to his Caribbean island hideaway, he cannot deny his love for the now-grown-up young woman. Original.

Fabio, 1993

A Pirate Looks at Fifty

In honor of his fiftieth birthday, the popular singer-songwriter and author shares reminiscences about his life, tracing his odyssey from reporter to musical success.

Jimmy Buffett, Leona Nevler, 2000

The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella

On a remote island in a tropical sea, Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution.

Sarah J. Maas, 2012

The Pirate Ship 1660-1730

Piratskibets indretning og udrustning

Angus Konstam, 2003

Pirate: The Golden Age

This book describes the life of a pirate in the early 18th century, the 'Golden Age of Piracy'.

Angus Konstam, 2011

Pirate Radio and Video: Experimental Transmitter Projects

Written with the electronic hobbyist in mind, guidebook teaches readers how to construct their own UHF, VHF, AM, and FM transmitters for their own stations with a minimum investment.

Newton C. Braga, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pirate is used in the context of the following news items.

SLIDESHOW: Hastings' annual Pirate Day

Hundreds of seadogs and buccaneers headed to the Old Town in Hastings yesterday (Sunday, July 26) to enjoy the annual Pirate Day ... «Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, Jul 15»

The new pirate radio crackdown: 400 stations closed in the past two …

The unique character of British popular music owes a lot to pirate radio. In the 1960s, the original pirates illicitly brought pop music to the shores ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

'Friendly abduction' of dignitary to highlight Michigan Pirate Festival

GRAND HAVEN, MI – Sound the alarms, fly the colors and put Grand Haven's ports on alert; a pirate invasion is coming to Coast Guard City. «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Pirate FM's James Dundon quits to become host of rival drivetime …

ONE of Pirate FM's most popular DJs is to join its main rival - Heart FM - to host its drivetime show. James Dundon will leave Pirate FM in ... «Cornish Guardian, Jul 15»

Lunchtime life in Derby: Pirate time, arguments and a snazzy …

4. A list of events for children over the summer holidays advertised in the window of Waterstones. Avast me hearties, "pirate time" looks a hoot. «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»

What REAL Pirate Myths Could Johnny Depp Face in Pirates of the …

Believe it or not, this does itself kind of count as a pirate myth. There are only a couple fleeting accounts of pirates burying treasure, yet the idea ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»

Pirate FM Cornwall News Update - 27th July 2015

Pirate FM Cornwall News Update - 27th July 2015 ... eighty percent of people in Cornwall backed calls for a cull of seagulls in a Pirate FM Poll. «Pirate FM, Jul 15»

The Pirate Bay gave birth to streaming services, says co-founder …

There are lots of things that have come to life because of the existence of The Pirate Bay. One of which is the emergence of streaming services. «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»

VIDEO: Gale Warning For Cornwall

By uploading you are agreeing to this non-exclusive reuse, royalty-free, across all Pirate FM platforms, which extends to our partner broadcasters. You retain ... «Pirate FM, Jul 15»

Pirate survey finds most at fault

Pirate survey finds most at fault. A survey of internet users in Australia commissioned by the Department of Communications has found that nearly half have ... «PS News, Jul 15»