фрегат

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic فرەگات
Cyrillic фрегат
Latin fregat

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фрега́т (fregát), itself from French frégate, itself from Italian fregata.

Noun

фрегат (fregat)

  1. (navy) frigate
  2. frigatebird, Fregatidae

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French frégate, itself from Italian fregata.

Pronunciation

Noun

фрега́т (fregátm inan or m anim (genitive фрега́та, nominative plural фрега́ты, genitive plural фрега́тов)

  1. (inanimate) frigate
    • 1819, “V. НОВОСТИ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКІЯ.”, in Nikolay Gretsch, editor, Syn otechestva, number XXXIV-XL:
      Между тем пишут что Американская эскадра состоящая из двух линейных кораблей и пяти фрегатов плывет в Испанию, и что Американскія [sic] войска вступили уже в Испанскую провинцию Техас.
      Meždu tem pišut što Amerikanskaja eskadra sostojaščaja iz dvux linejnyx korablej i pjati fregatov plyvet v Ispaniju, i što Amerikanskija [sic] vojska vstupili uže v Ispanskuju provinciju Texas.
      In the meantime, they write that an American squadron consisting of two battleships and five frigates is sailing to Spain, and that American troops have already entered the Spanish province of Texas.
  2. (animate) frigatebird

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: фрегат (fregat)