flotilla

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Etymology

From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.

Noun

flotilla (plural flotillas)

1. (nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102:

     Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.

Translations

small fleet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小船隊 (cmn), 小船队 (cmn) (xiǎochuánduì)

• Czech: flotila (cs) f
• Dutch: flottielje
• Finnish: laivue (fi)
• German: Flottille (de) f

• French: flottille (fr) f
• Hungarian: hajóraj (hu)
• Icelandic: lítill floti (is) m, smáfloti (is) m, flotasveit (is) f
• Russian: флотилия (ru) (flotílija) f
• Spanish: flotilla (es) f