corvette

kɔʁvɛt

Definition

Definition of corvette - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

guerre moderne

TECH.

bateau de guerre moderne spécialisé contre les sous-marins

TECH.

Cette corvette protégeait les convois marchands pendant la guerre.

frégate

patrouilleur

marine ancienne

Dated

navire de guerre de taille moyenne utilisé autrefois

Dated

La corvette naviguait entre les frégates et les plus petits bricks.

brick

frégate

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Images of corvette

bateau de guerre moderne spécialisé contre les sous-marins
navire de guerre de taille moyenne utilisé autrefois

Expressions with corvette

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capitaine de corvette

grade d'officier supérieur dans la marine nationale française

Le capitaine de corvette dirigeait l'opération navale avec autorité.

Origin of corvette

italien, corvetta (petit navire)

Terms with corvette included in their meaning

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frégate

marine moderne

navire de guerre moderne entre corvette et croiseur

capitaine de frégate

marine française

grade militaire naval français entre capitaine de vaisseau et capitaine de corvette

lieutenant de vaisseau

marine française

grade d'officier dans la marine française entre capitaine de corvette et enseigne

acr.

acr: capitaine de corvette

officier de la marine juste en dessous du commandant

Examples of corvette in a sentence

Deux corvettes patrouillaient la côte ce matin.
La corvette fut envoyée en mission d'exploration.
Une corvette escortait le convoi marchand sur l'océan.

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English:corvette, sloop-of-war, ...
German:Korvette, ...
Italian:corvetta, ...
Spanish:corbeta, navío de guerra mediano, ...
Portuguese:corveta, ...
Chinese:护卫舰, 小型军舰, ...
Japanese:コルベット, ...
Arabic:كورفيت, سفينة حربية متوسطة, ...
Hebrew:סְפִינַת מִלחָמָה, קוֹרְוֶטָה, ...
Russian:корвет, ...
Ukrainian:корвет, ...
Catalan:corbeta, ...
Danish:korvet, ...
Dutch:kruiser, korvet, ...
Greek:κορβέτα, μεσαίο πολεμικό πλοίο, ...
Khmer:កូរវ៉ែត, នាវាចម្បាំងធុនមធ្យម, ...
Korean:초계함, 중형 군함, ...
Polish:korweta, ...
Portuguese (BR):corveta, fragata menor, ...
Romanian:corvetă, navă de război de dimensiuni medii, ...
Swedish:korvett, ...
Thai:เรือคอร์เวตต์, เรือรบคอร์เวตต์, ...
Turkish:korvet, ...
Vietnamese:tàu hộ tống, ...

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Definition of corvette - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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Origin of corvette

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