contre-torpilleur

See also: contretorpilleur and contre torpilleur

French

Alternative forms

• (France) contretorpilleur (post-1990 spelling)
• contre torpilleur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.tɔʁ.pi.jœʁ/

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Noun

contre-torpilleur m (plural contre-torpilleurs)

1. (North America, military, nautical) destroyer: a type of warship.

   Synonym: destroyer

2. (historical, nautical, military) torpedo-boat destroyer
   1. (France, historical, nautical, military) Former name of destroyer.

Further reading

• “contre-torpilleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.