corbeta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French corvette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kurˈbɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [korˈbə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈbe.ta]

Noun

corbeta f (plural corbetes)

1. (nautical) corvette

Hypernyms

• vaixell de guerra

Further reading

• “corbeta”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French corvette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈbeta/ [koɾˈβ̞e.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: cor‧be‧ta

Noun

corbeta f (plural corbetas)

1. (nautical) corvette

Hypernyms

• buque de guerra

Further reading

• “corbeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024