embarkation

English

A lithograph showing the embarkation of sick people

Etymology

From French embarcation. By surface analysis, embark +‎ -ation.

Noun

embarkation (countable and uncountable, plural embarkations)

The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
(obsolete) A vessel.

Derived terms

reembarkation

Translations

embarking

Chinese:
Mandarin: 登船 (dēngchuán), 乘船 (zh) (chéngchuán), 上船 (zh) (shàngchuán)
Danish: påstigning, indstigning c, ombordstigning c
Finnish: kulkuvälineeseen nouseminen
French: embarquement (fr) m
German: Einschiffung (de) f
Japanese: 乗船 (ja) (じょうせん, jōsen)
Latin: conscensiō f
Maori: ekenga
Polish: ambarkacja f (obsolete)
Russian: поса́дка (ru) f (posádka), погру́зка (ru) f (pogrúzka)

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