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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch sloep, from Middle French chaloupe, chaloppe, from Old French eschalope.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʂlʲup]
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Noun

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шлюп (šljupm inan (genitive шлю́па, nominative plural шлю́пы, genitive plural шлю́пов)

  1. (nautical) sloop (single-masted sailboat)
  2. (historical, military) sloop-of-war (warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns)
  3. (historical, military) Shoreham-class sloop

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: şlyup
  • Belarusian: шлюп (šljup)
  • Ukrainian: шлюп (šljup)

Further reading

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  • шлюп in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru