corvette
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See also: Corvette
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French corvette.
Pronunciation
Noun
corvette (plural corvettes)
- (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
- (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
Derived terms
Translations
warship of 17th-18th century
modern warship
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French
Etymology
From Middle Dutch korf, korver (“a kind of ship”), or Middle Low German korf (“a kind of ship and basket”), + -ette. Possibly ultimately connected to Latin corbita (navis), "slow-sailing ship of burden, grain ship," which is from corbis.
Pronunciation
Noun
corvette f (plural corvettes)
Descendants
- → Catalan: corbeta
- → Danish: korvet
- → English: corvette
- → Dutch: korvet
- → Ottoman Turkish: قوروت (korvet)
- Turkish: korvet
- → Portuguese: corveta
- → Spanish: corbeta
Further reading
- “corvette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Noun
corvette f