different between caravel vs xebec

English

Etymology

From Middle French caravelle, from Old French caruelle, carvelle (“caravel”), from Old 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 ???????? (k??rabos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??v?l/, /?kæ???v?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??v?l/, /?k?-/
• Hyphenation: ca?ra?vel

Noun

caravel (plural caravels)

1. (nautical, historical) 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.

   Synonym: (one sense) carvel

Alternative forms

• caraval (obsolete)
• caravelle

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• caravel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• acerval

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 18th century. Probably from Catalan clavell. Compare Spanish clavel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??a???l/

Noun

caravel m (plural caraveis)

1. carnation (flower)

Related terms

• caraveleira

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??a???l/

Noun

caravel m (plural caraveis)

1. Alternative form of carabela

References

• “caravel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “caravel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “caravel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

English

Etymology

From French chebec, from Spanish xabeque or Catalan xabec or Italian sciabecco, from Arabic ???????? (šubb?k, “fishing-net”). Not to confuse with the sambuq, an Indian-Sea vessel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?zi?b?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?zib?k/
• Hyphenation: xe?bec

Noun

xebec (plural xebecs)

1. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. [from mid 18th c.]

Alternative forms

• xebeck, chebeque, shebeck (archaic)
• zebec, zebeck

Translations

Further reading

• xebec on Wikipedia.Wikipedia