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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•vette /kɔrˈvɛt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militarya wooden warship having one level of guns.
- Militarya lightly armed ship, used esp. as a convoy escort, in size between a destroyer and a gunboat.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•vette (kôr vet′),USA pronunciation n. - Militarya warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
- Militarya lightly armed, fast ship used mostly for convoy escort and ranging in size between a destroyer and a gunboat.
Also, cor•vet (kôr vet′, kôr′vet).USA pronunciation - Middle Dutch corver pursuit boat (derivative of corf fishing boat, literally, basket), with suffix altered to -ette -ette
- French, Middle French
- 1630–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: corvette /kɔːˈvɛt/ n - a lightly armed escort warship
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French, perhaps from Middle Dutch corf basket, small ship, from Latin corbis basket |