frégate
See also: fregate
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁe.ɡat/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian fregata.
Noun
frégate f (plural frégates)
- (nautical) frigate (a number of different classes of ships)
- frigatebird
Derived terms
- frégater
Descendants
- → English: frigate
- → Russian: фрега́т (fregát)
- → Kazakh: фрегат (fregat)
Verb
frégate
- inflection of frégater:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “frégate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
frégate f (plural frégates)
- (Jersey, nautical) frigate
Derived terms
- frégatîn (“sailor”)