flotilla

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /floʊˈtɪlə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: flo‧til‧la
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

flotilla (plural flotillas)

  1. (nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102:
      Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians Codex entry:
      Driven from their home system by the geth nearly three centuries ago, most quarians now live aboard the Migrant Fleet, a flotilla of fifty thousand vessels ranging in size from passenger shuttles to mobile space stations.
      Home to 17 million quarians, the flotilla understandably has scarce resources. Because of this, each quarian must go on a rite of passage known as the Pilgrimage when they come of age. They leave the fleet and only return once they have found something of value they can bring back to their people.
  2. (by extension) A small group of things or people

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish flotilla.

Pronunciation

Noun

flotilla f (plural flotilles)

  1. flotilla

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From flota +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /floˈtiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /floˈtiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /floˈtiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /floˈtiʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: flo‧ti‧lla

Noun

flotilla f (plural flotillas)

  1. fleet, flotilla

Descendants

  • → Catalan: flotilla
  • → English: flotilla
  • → French: flottille
  • → Italian: flottiglia
  • → Portuguese: flotilha

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