caravel

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.

Konzepte

Karavelle

Synonyme

caravelle

brigantine

clipper

Mit Bindestrich als

ca‧ra‧vel

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkæɹəvɛl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle French caravelle, from Old French caruelle, carvelle (“caravel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela (“caravel”), a diminutive of caravo, carabo (“type of small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́rabos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).