dreadnought

English

Alternative forms

• dreadnaught

Etymology

Named after HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship finished of this type, from dread +‎ nought, i.e. fearing nothing.

Noun

dreadnought (plural dreadnoughts)

1. a battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
2. (informal) a type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship
3. One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
4. A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
5. The cloth itself; fearnaught.
6. A person who fears nothing.
7. Something that assures against fear.

Derived terms

• super dreadnought

Translations

battleship

• Arabic: دريدنوت
• Belarusian: дрэдно́ўт m (drednóŭt)
• Bulgarian: дредноут m (drednout)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 无畏舰 (zh) (wúwèijiàn)

• French: dreadnought (fr) m
• Georgian: დრედნოუტი (drednouṭi)
• German: Schlachtschiff (de) m
• Hebrew: דְּרֶדְנוֹט (he) m (drednot)
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• Japanese: ドレッドノート (doreddonōto)
• Korean: 드레드노트 (deuredeunoteu)
• Lithuanian: drednoutas
• Persian: دریدنوت
• Polish: drednot (pl) m
• Russian: дредно́ут (ru) m (drednóut)
• Thai: เดรดนอต
• Turkish: dretnot (tr)

See also

• aircraft carrier
• battleship
• corvette
• cruiser
• destroyer
• frigate
• gunboat
• monitor
• sloop
• battleship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɛd.nɔt/

Noun

dreadnought m (plural dreadnoughts)

1. dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber)

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English dreadnought.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛd.not/

Noun

dreadnought f (uncountable)

1. dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber)

References

• dreadnought in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana