With frigate birds swooping above and the high-speed dorado slicing through the water below, flying fish are, literally, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Frigate
Synonyms for "frigate" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
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3 entriescoordinate
11 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
139 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- fregatë noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregatë noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregatë noun (modern type of warship)
Arabic
3 entries- فِرْقَاطَة noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- فِرْقَاطَة noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- فِرْقَاطَة noun (modern type of warship)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆրեգատ noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Belarusian
3 entries- фрэга́т noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- фрэга́т noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- фрэга́т noun (modern type of warship)
Bulgarian
3 entries- фрега́та noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- фрега́та noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- фрега́та noun (modern type of warship)
Catalan
3 entries- fragata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fragata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fragata noun (modern type of warship)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 巡防艦 /巡防舰 noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- 護衛艦 /护卫舰 noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- 護衛艦 /护卫舰 noun (modern type of warship)
Czech
3 entries- fregata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregata noun (modern type of warship)
Dalmatian
4 entries- bregada noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- bregada noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- frigada noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- frigada noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Danish
3 entries- fregat noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregat noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregat noun (modern type of warship)
Dutch
3 entries- fregat noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregat noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregat noun (modern type of warship)
Esperanto
2 entries- fregato noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregato noun (modern type of warship)
Estonian
1 entries- fregatt noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Finnish
3 entries- fregatti noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregatti noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregatti noun (modern type of warship)
French
3 entries- frégate noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- frégate noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- frégate noun (modern type of warship)
Galician
3 entries- fargata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fragata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fragata noun (modern type of warship)
Georgian
4 entries- საგუშაგო გემი noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- საგუშაგო ხომალდი noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- სადარაჯო გემი noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- სადარაჯო ხომალდი noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
German
3 entries- Fregatte noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- Fregatte noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- Fregatte noun (modern type of warship)
Greek
4 entries- φεργάδα noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- φεργάδα noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- φεργάδα noun (modern type of warship)
- φρεγάδα noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
Hebrew
3 entries- פְרִיגָטָה noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- פְרִיגָטָה noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- פְרִיגָטָה noun (modern type of warship)
Hindi
1 entries- फ़्रिगट noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Hungarian
3 entries- fregatt noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregatt noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregatt noun (modern type of warship)
Indonesian
3 entries- fregat noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregat noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregat noun (modern type of warship)
Italian
3 entries- fregata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregata noun (modern type of warship)
Japanese
2 entries- フリゲート noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- フリゲート noun (modern type of warship)
Korean
2 entries- 프리깃 noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- 프리깃 noun (modern type of warship)
Latvian
1 entries- fregate noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fregata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Macedonian
3 entries- фрега́та noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- фрега́та noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- фрега́та noun (modern type of warship)
Malay
2 entries- frigat noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- frigat noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- fregatt noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregatt noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregatt noun (modern type of warship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- fregatt noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregatt noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregatt noun (modern type of warship)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- فرقتین noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- فرقتین noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- فرقتین noun (modern type of warship)
Persian
2 entries- ناوچه noun (modern type of warship)
- پاسناو noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
Polish
3 entries- fregata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregata noun (modern type of warship)
Portuguese
3 entries- fragata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fragata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fragata noun (modern type of warship)
Romanian
2 entries- fregată noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregată noun (modern type of warship)
Russian
3 entries- фрега́т noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- фрега́т noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- фрега́т noun (modern type of warship)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- fregàta noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregàta noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregàta noun (modern type of warship)
- фрега̀та noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
Slovak
2 entries- fregata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregata noun (modern type of warship)
Spanish
3 entries- fragata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fragata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fragata noun (modern type of warship)
Swedish
3 entries- fregatt noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregatt noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregatt noun (modern type of warship)
Tagalog
4 entries- pragata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- pragata noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- pragata noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- pragata noun (modern type of warship)
Turkish
3 entries- fırkateyn noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fırkateyn noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fırkateyn noun (modern type of warship)
Ukrainian
3 entries- фрега́т noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- фрега́т noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- фрега́т noun (modern type of warship)
Venetan
3 entries- fregada noun (type of sailing warship used for patrolling)
- fregada noun (type of warship combining sail and steam)
- fregada noun (modern type of warship)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The frigate set sail immediately.
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The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) marked the definite adoption of the "frigate" as a standard class of vessel, coming next to ships of the line, and used for cruising and scouting purposes.
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The 65-meter-long frigate is the kind of warship seen in old paintings—made of oak, with huge billowing sails, cannons bristling from the deck, and complex rope rigging reaching a mast about 50 meters high.
Source: tatoeba (11770143)
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