corvette

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French corvette.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /kɔːɹ.ˈvɛt/

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun[edit]

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

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Translations[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

corvette f (plural corvettes)

  1. corvette

Descendants[edit]

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

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Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

corvette f

  1. plural of corvetta