mizzenmast
/ˈmɪz.ənˌmæst/noun
mizzenmast is a noun meaning “The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-I-Z-Z-E-N-M-A-S-T and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of mizzenmast is mizzenmasts.
What does mizzenmast mean?
noun
- 1
The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.
- 2
The third-foremost mast on a ship having more than three masts.
- 3
The second mast of a ship having two masts where the second one is shorter, such as a ketch or yawl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce mizzenmast?
- UK /ˈmɪz.ənˌmɑːst/
- UK /-məst/
- US /ˈmɪz.ənˌmæst/
Mizzenmast has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mizzenmast.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mizzenmast
- mizzenmasts plural
- mizzen-mast
- mizenmast
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is mizzenmast?
Mizzenmast appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Mizzenmast in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense nautical: aftmost mast:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | artimon, mât d'artimon |
| German | Achtermast, Besanmast, Hintermast, Kreuzmast |
| Portuguese | mastro de ré, mastro de mezena |
| Spanish | palo de mesana |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mizzenmast come from?
From mizzen + mast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).