frigate

== English == === Etymology === From French frégate, from Italian fregata, of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪɡ.ət/ Rhymes: -ɪɡət === Noun === frigate (plural frigates) (nautical) Any of several types of warship: (historical) A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides. [late 15th–mid-18th c.] (historical) A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle. [mid-18th–mid-19th c.] (historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.] (historical) An escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel. [mid 20th c.] A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose. [from mid-20th c.] (fiction) A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate. A frigatebird (Fregata spp.). ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Freitag