corvette

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English

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French corvette.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kɔːɹˈvɛt/

Noun

corvette (plural corvettes)

  1. (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.
  2. (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
    1. (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role

Derived terms

Translations

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)

  1. corvette

Descendants

  • → Catalan: corbeta
  • → Danish: korvet
  • → English: corvette
  • → Dutch: korvet
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوروت (korvet)
  • → Portuguese: corveta
  • → Spanish: corbeta

Further reading

Italian

Noun

corvette f

  1. plural of corvetta
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