contre-torpilleur

== French == === Alternative forms === (France) contretorpilleur (post-1990 spelling) contre torpilleur === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.tɔʁ.pi.jœʁ/ === Noun === contre-torpilleur m (plural contre-torpilleurs) (North America, military, nautical) destroyer: a type of warship. Synonym: destroyer (historical, nautical, military) torpedo-boat destroyer (France, historical, nautical, military) former name of destroyer === Further reading === “contre-torpilleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012