man overboard

English

Interjection

man overboard!

1. (nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.

Usage notes

The cry is always man overboard, regardless of the gender of the person involved.

Translations

cry indicating someone has fallen over the side

• Arabic: شخصٌ سقط في الماء (shakhson saqata fi alma')
• Catalan: home a l'aigua
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 有人落落來水／有人落落来水 (ū-lâng lak-lo̍h--lâi chúi / ǔ-lâng lak-lo̍h--lâi chúi)

  Mandarin: 有人落水 (yǒurén luòshuǐ), 有人掉水里了 (yǒurén diào shuǐ lǐ le)

• Czech: muž přes palubu
• Dutch: man overboord
• Estonian: mees üle parda
• Finnish: mies yli laidan
• French: un homme à la mer (fr)
• German: Mann über Bord
• Greek: άνθρωπος στη θάλασσα (ánthropos sti thálassa)
• Hebrew: אָדָם בַּיָם (he) m (adám bayám)
• Hungarian: ember a vízben
• Irish: fear i bhfarraige
• Italian: uomo a mare
• Polish: człowiek za burtą
• Portuguese: homem ao mar
• Russian: мужчина за борт (mužčina za bort)
• Spanish: hombre al agua
• Swedish: man över bord
• Tagalog: may nahulog sa tubig
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: dyn yn y môr
• Zazaki: gunaya miyan ro