flotilla

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floʊˈtɪlə/ Hyphenation: flo‧til‧la Rhymes: -ɪlə === Noun === flotilla (plural flotillas) (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. (by extension) A small group of things or people (cellular automata) A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== convoy == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish flotilla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fluˈti.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [floˈti.ʎa] === Noun === flotilla f (plural flotilles) flotilla === Further reading === “flotilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “flotilla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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. == Spanish == === Etymology === From flota +‎ -illa. === Pronunciation === Syllabification: flo‧ti‧lla === Noun === flotilla f (plural flotillas) fleet, flotilla ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “flotilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025