How to say "corvette" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe warship sense as a katakana loanword. A less common term, so you are likelier to meet it in naval and military writing than in everyday conversation.
- コルベット艦コルベットかんnounThe same warship sense, with 艦 'warship' added to spell out that the word denotes a ship. Equally a less common term, again the kind found in naval and military writing.
Both words cover the same sense, the corvette as a small warship, and both are less common; pick 「コルベット」 for the bare loanword, or 「コルベット艦」 when you want the 'warship' element made explicit.
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