"flotilla" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /floʊˈtɪlə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-flotilla.wav [US] Forms: flotillas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|flotilla}} Spanish flotilla, {{m|es|flota||fleet}} flota (“fleet”), {{der|en|fr|flotte}} French flotte Head templates: {{en-noun}} flotilla (plural flotillas)
  1. (nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (small fleet): флаты́лія (flatýlija) [feminine] (Belarusian), flotilla [feminine] (Catalan), 小船隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 小船队 (xiǎochuánduì) (Chinese Mandarin), flotila [feminine] (Czech), flotille [common-gender] (Danish), flottielje (Dutch), lippue (Finnish), flottille [feminine] (French), flotilla [feminine] (Galician), Flottille [feminine] (German), hajóraj (Hungarian), flottilla (Hungarian), lítill floti [masculine] (Icelandic), smáfloti [masculine] (Icelandic), flotasveit [feminine] (Icelandic), flottiglia [feminine] (Italian), 전단 (jeondan) (Korean), classicula [feminine] (Latin), flotila [feminine] (Latvian), flotilė [feminine] (Lithuanian), kahupapa (Maori), flotilje [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flotilje [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), flotylla [feminine] (Polish), flotilha [feminine] (Portuguese), flotilă [feminine] (Romanian), флоти́лия (flotílija) [feminine] (Russian), flotila [feminine] (Slovak), flotilla [feminine] (Spanish), flottilj [common-gender] (Swedish), флоти́лія (flotýlija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-flotilla-en-noun-ZDwRJiYP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'small fleet': 86 14
  2. (by extension) A small group of things or people Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-flotilla-en-noun-8pZE6HyU

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      "sense": "small fleet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "флоти́лия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small fleet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flotila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small fleet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flotilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small fleet",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flottilj"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "flotýlija",
      "sense": "small fleet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "флоти́лія"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flotilla"
  ],
  "word": "flotilla"
}

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