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

• Belarusian: флаты́лія f (flatýlija)
• Catalan: flotilla (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小船隊, 小船队 (xiǎochuánduì)

• Czech: flotila (cs) f
• Danish: flotille c
• Dutch: flottielje (nl)
• Finnish: lippue (fi)
• French: flottille (fr) f
• Galician: flotilla f
• German: Flottille (de) f
• Hungarian: hajóraj (hu), flottilla
• Icelandic: lítill floti m, smáfloti m, flotasveit f
• Italian: flottiglia (it) f
• Korean: 전단 (ko) (jeondan)

• Latin: classicula f
• Latvian: flotila f
• Lithuanian: flotilė f
• Maori: kahupapa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flotilje m

  Nynorsk: flotilje m

• Polish: flotylla (pl) f
• Portuguese: flotilha (pt) f
• Romanian: flotilă (ro) f
• Russian: флоти́лия (ru) f (flotílija)
• Slovak: flotila (sk) f
• Spanish: flotilla (es) f
• Swedish: flottilj (sv) c
• Ukrainian: флоти́лія f (flotýlija)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish flotilla.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fluˈti.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /floˈti.ʎa/

Noun

flotilla f (plural flotilles)

1. flotilla

Further reading

• “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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From flota +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /floˈtiʎa/, [flo.ˈt̪i.ʎa]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /floˈtiɟ͡ʝa/, [flo.ˈt̪i.ʝa]

Noun

flotilla f (plural flotillas)

1. fleet, flotilla

Descendants

• → Catalan: flotilla
• → English: flotilla
• → French: flottille
• → Italian: flottiglia
• → Portuguese: flotilha

Further reading

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