embarkation

em·bark  (m-bärk)

v. em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks

v.tr.

1. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.

2. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.

v.intr.

1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.

2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.

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[French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat.]

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embar·kation, em·barkment n.

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The process of putting personnel and/or vehicles and their associated stores and equipment into ships and/or aircraft. See also loading.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

embarkation - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft boarding, embarkment departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

Translations

embarkation [ˌembɑːˈkeɪʃən]

A. N [of goods] → embarque m; [of people] → embarco m

B. CPD embarkation card N → tarjeta f de embarque

embarkation [ˌɛmbɑː^rˈkeɪʃ^ən] n (= boarding) [passengers] → embarquement m; [goods, vehicles] → embarquement m, chargement m
embarkation card n → carte f d'embarquement

embarkation

n

→ Einschiffung f

(of cargo) → Verladung f, → Übernahme f

embarkation [ˌɛmbɑːˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → imbarco