Meaning

7 senses
  1. Any of several types of warship:

    (historical)A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.

  2. (historical)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.

  3. (historical)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.

    Fregatte

    фрега́тfregát

    фрега́тfrehát

  4. (historical)An escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel.

    a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser

  5. A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.

    Fregatte

    фрега́тfregát

    фрега́тfrehát

  6. A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate.

  7. A frigatebird (Fregata spp.).

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The small corvette moved quickly along the waves, guarding the larger frigate.

  2. The frigate set sail immediately.

    ruФрегат немедля отплыл. — ZegPhig

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
type of sailing warship used for patrolling:
Русский
By meaning 1
type of sailing warship used for patrolling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
type of sailing warship used for patrolling:

Origin

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

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

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