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corvette

/kɔːˈvet/kawr-VET
/kɔɹˈvɛt/kawr-VET

Meaninga cargo ship

Common meaning: a small warship

Journey through time

  1. Latincorbitasource
  2. Portuguesecorveta‘a corvette’source
  3. Englishcorvette‘a small warship’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin corbita ‘a cargo ship’.

Source words

  • corbita Latin · source word “a cargo ship”

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