English Explanatory Dictionary

corvette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
  3. A starship of comparable role
noun
  1. A type of sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present.

Pronunciation

/kɔːɹˈvɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-corvette.wav

Word forms

corvette corvettes corvet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French corvette.

Synonyms

Vette

Derived words

Corvette corvette captain corvette lieutenant

Translations

Arabic: فرقيطَة Basque: korbeta Catalan: corbeta Chinese Mandarin: 护卫舰 Czech: korveta Danish: korvet Dutch: korvet Estonian: korvett Finnish: korvetti French: corvette Galician: corveta German: Korvette Greek: κορβέττα Hebrew: קורבטה Hungarian: korvett Icelandic: korvetta Indonesian: korvet Italian: corvetta Japanese: コルベット Lithuanian: korvetė Macedonian: корвета Norwegian Bokmål: korvett Norwegian Nynorsk: korvett Persian: ناوچه سبک Polish: korweta Portuguese: corveta Russian: корве́т Serbo-Croatian: корвета Serbo-Croatian: korveta Slovene: korveta Spanish: corbeta Swedish: korvett Turkish: korvet Ukrainian: корве́т
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