capital ship

English

Noun

capital ship (plural capital ships)

1. (nautical) Any of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.

Hyponyms

• aircraft carrier
• battleship
• battlecruiser
• heavy cruiser
• ballistic missile submarine
• amphibious warfare carrier

Translations

warship

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大型軍艦／大型军舰 (dàxíng jūnjiàn)

• Finnish: pääalus
• French: bâtiment précieux, navire capital
• German: [1] Großkampfschiff n, Kapitalschiff n, Kriegsschiff (de) n, Schlachtschiff (de) n; [1b] Hauptschiff (de) n, Flaggschiff (de) n, Führungsschiff n
• Hebrew: אֳנִיָּה רָאשִׁית (he) f (oniya rashit)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: buque capital

See also

• ship of the line
• battleship
• dreadnought
• aircraft carrier
• submarine