flotilla

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /floʊˈtɪlə/
• Hyphenation: flo‧til‧la

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

• Catalan: flotilla f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小船隊, 小船队 (xiǎochuánduì)

• Czech: flotila (cs) f
• Dutch: flottielje (nl)
• Finnish: laivue (fi)
• French: flottille (fr) f
• German: Flottille (de) f
• Hungarian: hajóraj (hu)

• Icelandic: lítill floti m, smáfloti m, flotasveit f
• Italian: flottiglia (it) f
• Latin: classicula f
• Maori: kahupapa
• Portuguese: flotilha (pt) f
• Russian: флоти́лия (ru) f (flotílija)
• Spanish: flotilla (es) f
• Swedish: flottilj (sv) c

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Spanish

Etymology

From flota +‎ -illa.

Noun

flotilla f (plural flotillas)

1. fleet, flotilla

Further reading

• “flotilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.