different between dreadnought vs predreadnought

English

Alternative forms

• dreadnaught

Etymology

Named after HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship finished of this type, from dread +? nought, i.e. fearing nothing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??d?n??t/

Noun

dreadnought (plural dreadnoughts)

1. (military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
2. (informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
3. One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
4. A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
5. The cloth itself; fearnaught.
6. A person who fears nothing.
7. Something that assures against fear.

Derived terms

• Dreadnoughtus
• pre-dreadnought
• semi-dreadnought
• super-dreadnought

Translations

See also

• aircraft carrier
• battleship
• corvette
• cruiser
• destroyer
• frigate
• gunboat
• monitor
• sloop
• battleship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??d.n?t/

Noun

dreadnought m (plural dreadnoughts)

1. dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber)

Further reading

• “dreadnought” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English dreadnought.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dr?d.not/

Noun

dreadnought f (invariable)

1. dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber)

References

• dreadnought in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Noun

predreadnought (plural predreadnoughts)

1. (nautical) Alternative form of pre-dreadnought.