battleship

See also: battle ship

English

Etymology

From battle +‎ ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794.

Pronunciation

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Noun

battleship (plural battleships)

(military, nautical) A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
1. (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
(military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line.
A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).

Hyponyms

(type of warship):

Derived terms

Related terms

battlecruiser

Translations

warship

Azerbaijani: döyüş gəmisi
Catalan: cuirassat (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 戰艦 / 战舰 (zin³ laam⁶)

Hakka: 戰艦 / 战舰 (chan-kam)

Hokkien: 戰艦 / 战舰 (zh-min-nan) (chiàn-lām)

Mandarin: 戰艦 / 战舰 (zh) (zhànjiàn), 戰列艦 / 战列舰 (zh) (zhànlièjiàn)
Czech: bitevní loď (cs) f
Danish: slagskib n
Dutch: slagschip (nl) n
Esperanto: batalŝipo
Estonian: lahingulaev
Faroese: herskip n, krígsskip n
Finnish: taistelulaiva (fi)
French: cuirassé (fr) m
Georgian: საბრძოლო გემი (sabrʒolo gemi), საბრძოლო ხომალდი (sabrʒolo xomaldi), სახაზო გემი (saxazo gemi), ჯავშნოსანი (ǯavšnosani)
German: Schlachtschiff (de) n. Schlachtschiff is used for dreadnought battleships, Linienschiff is used for pre-dreadnought battleships.
Greek: θωρηκτό (el) n (thoriktó)
Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת מַעֲרָכָה (he) f (oniyat ma'arakha)
Hungarian: csatahajó (hu)
Ido: kurasonavo (io)
Italian: corazzata (it) f, nave corazzata f
Japanese: 戦艦 (ja) (せんかん, senkan)
Korean: 전함(戰艦) (ko) (jeonham)
Malayalam: യുദ്ധക്കപ്പൽ (ml) (yuddhakkappal), പടക്കപ്പൽ (ml) (paṭakkappal)
Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł bee daʼahijighánígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slagskip n

Nynorsk: slagskip n
Persian: نبردناو (fa) (nabard-nâv)
Polish: pancernik (pl) m
Portuguese: couraçado m, encouraçado m
Russian:
Age of Sail: лине́йный кора́бль (ru) m (linéjnyj koráblʹ)

dreadnoughts and later designs: лине́йный кора́бль (ru) m (linéjnyj koráblʹ), линко́р (ru) m (linkór)

pre-dreadnought designs: бронено́сец (ru) m (bronenósec), эска́дренный бронено́сец (ru) m (eskádrennyj bronenósec)
Slovak: bitevná loď f
Slovene: bojna ladja (sl) f
Spanish: acorazado (es) m
Swedish: slagskepp (sv) n
Tagalog: bapor-pandigma
Turkish: savaş gemisi (tr)
Volapük: bländanaf, lekomipanaf

non-functional rocket stage

guessing game

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海戰 / 海战 (zh) (hǎizhàn)
Czech: lodě (cs) f pl
Danish: sænke slagskibe
Dutch: zeeslag (nl)
Esperanto: marbatalo
Finnish: laivanupotus (fi), laivastopeli
French: bataille navale (fr) f
German: Schiffe versenken
Greek: ναυμαχία (el) f (navmachía)
Hungarian: torpedó (hu)
Italian: battaglia navale f
Japanese: 海戦ゲーム (kaisen gēmu)
Korean: 배틀십 (baeteulsip)
Polish: okręty, statki (pl)
Portuguese: batalha naval m
Russian: морско́й бой (ru) m (morskój boj)
Swedish: sänka skepp (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} cuirassé (fr) m
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} युद्धपोत (yuddhapot), ^{(please verify)} रणपोत (raṇpot), ^{(please verify)} जंगी जहाज (hi) (jaṅgī jahāj)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} slagskepp (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} యుద్ధనౌక (yuddhanauka)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “battleship”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.