English Explanatory Dictionary

frigate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several types of warship:
  2. A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.
  3. A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle.
  4. A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship.
  5. An escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel.
  6. A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.
  7. A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate.
  8. A frigatebird (Fregata spp.).

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹɪɡ.ət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frigate.wav

Word forms

frigate frigates

Etymology

From French frégate, from Italian fregata, of uncertain origin.

Derived words

frigatebird frigate captain frigate lieutenant frigate mackerel frigate tuna great frigate heavy frigate magnificent frigate bird stone frigate super-heavy frigate

Translations

Albanian: fregatë Arabic: فِرْقَاطَة Belarusian: фрэга́т Bulgarian: фрега́та Catalan: fragata Chinese Mandarin: 護衛艦 /护卫舰 Chinese Mandarin: 巡防艦 /巡防舰 Czech: fregata Dalmatian: frègāta Dalmatian: frègāda Dalmatian: bregada Dalmatian: frigada Danish: fregat Dutch: fregat Finnish: fregatti French: frégate Galician: fragata Galician: fargata Georgian: ფრეგატი Georgian: სადარაჯო ხომალდი Georgian: საგუშაგო გემი Georgian: სადარაჯო გემი Georgian: საგუშაგო ხომალდი German: Fregatte Greek: φρεγάτα Greek: φρεγάδα Greek: φεργάδα Hebrew: פְרִיגָטָה Hungarian: fregatt Indonesian: fregat Italian: fregata Japanese: フリゲート Korean: 프리깃 Macedonian: фрега́та Malay: frigat Norwegian Bokmål: fregatt Norwegian Nynorsk: fregatt Polish: fregata Portuguese: fragata Russian: фрега́т Serbo-Croatian: фрега̀та Serbo-Croatian: fregàta Spanish: fragata Swedish: fregatt Tagalog: pragata Turkish: fırkateyn Ottoman Turkish: فرقتین Ukrainian: фрега́т Venetan: fregada
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