Set sail in French

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf a ship or its crew: to leave a port and start a voyage.

Definition in FrenchQuitter le port et partir en mer, en parlant d'un navire ou de son équipage.

Example sentences

• Le temps qu'on arrive au port, les chalutiers avaient déjà appareillé : ils partent à quatre heures du matin.🔊

  By the time we got to the harbour, the trawlers had already set sail — they leave at four in the morning.

• Les vieux marins refusaient d'appareiller un vendredi, et ma grand-mère part toujours pas en voyage ce jour-là.🔊

  Old sailors refused to set sail on a Friday, and my grandmother still won't start a trip on one.

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