caravella

See also: Caravella and caravel·la

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caravela, 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”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.raˈvɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧vèl‧la

Noun

caravella f (plural caravelle)

1. (historical) caravel

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قراوله
  • Turkish: karavela

Further reading

• caravella in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• caravella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Noun

caravella f (plural caravellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of caravela.