flotilla
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flotilla (plural flotillas)
- (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.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102:
Translations[edit]
small fleet
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
flotilla f (plural flotilles)
Further reading[edit]
- “flotilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “flotilla” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “flotilla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flotilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /floˈtiʎa/, [flo.ˈt̪i.ʎa]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /floˈtiɟ͡ʝa/, [flo.ˈt̪i.ʝa]
Noun[edit]
flotilla f (plural flotillas)
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: flotilla
- → English: flotilla
- → French: flottille
- → Italian: flottiglia
- → Portuguese: flotilha
Further reading[edit]
- “flotilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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