corvette (redirected from Corvettes)

cor·vette  (kôr-vt)

n.

1. A fast, lightly armed warship, smaller than a destroyer, often armed for antisubmarine operations.

2. An obsolete sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, usually armed with one tier of guns.

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[French, a kind of warship, probably from Middle Dutch corf, basket, small ship; see corf.]

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corvette [kɔːˈvɛt]

n

(Military) a lightly armed escort warship

[from Old French, perhaps from Middle Dutch corf basket, small ship, from Latin corbis basket]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

corvette - a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war

Translations

corvette [kɔːˈvet] N → corbeta f

corvette [kɔː^rˈvɛt] n (= ship) → corvette f

corvette

n (Naut) → Korvette f