"corvette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɔːɹˈvɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-corvette.wav Forms: corvettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French corvette. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|corvette}} Unadapted borrowing from French corvette Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nautical, Warships Translations (warship of 17th-18th century): corbeta [feminine] (Catalan), bricbarca [feminine] (Catalan), 護衛艦 (Chinese Mandarin), 护卫舰 (hùwèijiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), korveta [feminine] (Czech), korvetti (Finnish), corvette [feminine] (French), Korvette [feminine] (German), コルベット (korubetto) (Japanese), korvett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), korvett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), korweta [feminine] (Polish), корве́т (korvét) [masculine] (Russian), корве́т (korvét) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-corvette-en-noun-MSm3WO2v Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (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
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Nautical, Science fiction
    Sense id: en-corvette-en-noun-bGHNQkdg Topics: literature, media, nautical, publishing, science-fiction, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: corvet [rare] Derived forms: Corvette, corvette captain Translations (modern warship): فرقيطَة [feminine] (Arabic), korbeta [feminine] (Basque), corbeta [feminine] (Catalan), 护卫舰 (hùwèijiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), korveta [feminine] (Czech), korvet (Danish), korvet (Dutch), korvett (Estonian), korvetti (Finnish), corvette [feminine] (French), corveta [feminine] (Galician), Korvette [feminine] (German), κορβέττα (korvétta) [feminine] (Greek), קורבטה [feminine] (Hebrew), korvett (Hungarian), korvetta (Icelandic), korvet (Indonesian), corvetta [feminine] (Italian), コルベット (korubetto) (Japanese), korvetė (Lithuanian), корвета (korveta) [feminine] (Macedonian), korvett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), korvett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ناوچه سبک (Persian), korweta [feminine] (Polish), corveta [feminine] (Portuguese), корве́т (korvét) [masculine] (Russian), корвета [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), korveta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), korveta [feminine] (Slovene), corbeta [feminine] (Spanish), korvett (Swedish), korvet (Turkish), корве́т (korvét) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'modern warship': 20 40 40

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