destroyer

English

A destroyer (warship)

Etymology

destroy +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(r)

Noun

destroyer (plural destroyers)

1. That which destroys something.
2. (military) A small, fast warship with light armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.

Synonyms

• (one who destroys): devastator, decimator

Derived terms

Derived terms

• command destroyer
• destroyer escort
• destroyer leader

• destroyer minesweeper
• flag destroyer
• tank destroyer

Translations

that who/which destroys

• Arabic: مُدَمِّر m (mudammir)
• Catalan: destructor (ca) m
• Czech: ničitel (cs) m
• Finnish: tuhooja (fi)
• French: destructeur (fr) m
• Georgian: გამანადგურებელი (gamanadgurebeli), გამნადგურებელი (gamnadgurebeli), დამანგრეველი (damangreveli)
• German: Zerstörer (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀλοθρευτής m (olothreutḗs)

• Hebrew: הורס (Horas)
• Hungarian: romboló (hu), pusztító (hu), leromboló, elpusztító
• Indonesian: perusak (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: argthóir m, díothóir m, íditheoir m, loitiméir m, malartach, millteach m, millteoir m, scriostóir m
• Italian: distruttore (it) m
• Japanese: 破壊者 (はかいしゃ, hakaisha)
• Latin: dēlētor (la) m, dēlētrix (la) f
• Malay: pembinasa, perosak
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: øydar m, øydeleggjar m

• Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: destruidor (pt) m
• Russian: разруши́тель (ru) m (razrušítelʹ), уничтожи́тель (ru) m (uničtožítelʹ), истреби́тель (ru) m (istrebítelʹ)
• Sanskrit: दर्मन् (sa) m (darman)
• Spanish: destructor (es), (obsolete) destruidor
• Sumerian: 𒄢 (/⁠gul⁠/)

type of warship

• Armenian: ականակիր (hy) (akanakir)
• Catalan: destructor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驱逐舰 (zh) (qu1-zhu2-jian4)

  Min Nan: 驱逐舰 (khu1-tiok4-lam8)

• Czech: torpédoborec (cs) m
• Esperanto: destrojero
• Finnish: hävittäjä (fi)
• French: destroyer (fr) m (France), contre-torpilleur (fr) m (Canada)
• Georgian: საესკადრო ნაღმოსანი (saesḳadro naɣmosani), გამანადგურებელი (gamanadgurebeli)
• German: Zerstörer (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: αντιτορπιλικό (el) n (antitorpilikó)
• Hebrew: משחתת (he) f (mashkhetet)
• Hungarian: romboló (hu), rombolóhajó, torpedóromboló, torpedónaszád-romboló
• Italian: cacciatorpediniere (it) m
• Japanese: 駆逐艦 (ja) (くちくかん, kuchikukan)
• Malay: kapal pembinasa
• Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: contratorpedeiro (pt) m
• Russian: эска́дренный миноно́сец (ru) m (eskádrennyj minonósec), эсми́нец (ru) m (esmínec)
• Spanish: destructor (es) m
• Swedish: jagare (sv) c

Anagrams

• redestroy, roystered

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English destroyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁɔ.jœʁ/, /dɛs.tʁwa.je/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

destroyer m (plural destroyers)

1. (France, military) destroyer (warship)

Synonyms

• contre-torpilleur

Further reading

• “destroyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English destroyer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: des‧tro‧yer

Noun

destroyer (definite accusative destroyeri, plural destroyerler)

1. destroyer

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	destroyer
Definite accusative	destroyeri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	destroyer	destroyerler
Definite accusative	destroyeri	destroyerleri
Dative	destroyere	destroyerlere
Locative	destroyerde	destroyerlerde
Ablative	destroyerden	destroyerlerden
Genitive	destroyerin	destroyerlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular destroyerim destroyerlerim 2nd singular destroyerin destroyerlerin 3rd singular destroyeri destroyerleri 1st plural destroyerimiz destroyerlerimiz 2nd plural destroyeriniz destroyerleriniz 3rd plural destroyerleri destroyerleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular destroyerimi destroyerlerimi 2nd singular destroyerini destroyerlerini 3rd singular destroyerini destroyerlerini 1st plural destroyerimizi destroyerlerimizi 2nd plural destroyerinizi destroyerlerinizi 3rd plural destroyerlerini destroyerlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular destroyerime destroyerlerime 2nd singular destroyerine destroyerlerine 3rd singular destroyerine destroyerlerine 1st plural destroyerimize destroyerlerimize 2nd plural destroyerinize destroyerlerinize 3rd plural destroyerlerine destroyerlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular destroyerimde destroyerlerimde 2nd singular destroyerinde destroyerlerinde 3rd singular destroyerinde destroyerlerinde 1st plural destroyerimizde destroyerlerimizde 2nd plural destroyerinizde destroyerlerinizde 3rd plural destroyerlerinde destroyerlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular destroyerimden destroyerlerimden 2nd singular destroyerinden destroyerlerinden 3rd singular destroyerinden destroyerlerinden 1st plural destroyerimizden destroyerlerimizden 2nd plural destroyerinizden destroyerlerinizden 3rd plural destroyerlerinden destroyerlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular destroyerimin destroyerlerimin 2nd singular destroyerinin destroyerlerinin 3rd singular destroyerinin destroyerlerinin 1st plural destroyerimizin destroyerlerimizin 2nd plural destroyerinizin destroyerlerinizin 3rd plural destroyerlerinin destroyerlerinin

Synonyms

• muhrip