caravella

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese caravela, from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela (“caravel”), a diminutive of caravo, carabo (“type of small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.raˈvɛl.la/ Rhymes: -ɛlla Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧vèl‧la === Noun === caravella f (plural caravelle) (historical) caravel ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: قراولهTurkish: karavela === Further reading === caravella in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication caravella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Noun === caravella f (plural caravellas) obsolete spelling of caravela