mother ship

See also: mothership

English

Alternative forms

• mothership

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməðər ʃɪp/

Noun

mother ship (plural mother ships)

1. A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.

Translations

vessel that serves a smaller vessel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母艦／母舰 (zh) (mǔjiàn), 母船 (zh) (mǔchuán)

• Dutch: moederschip (nl) n
• Finnish: emälaiva (fi), emoalus
• French: vaisseau mère (fr) m, navire amiral (fr) m
• German: Mutterschiff n
• Hungarian: anyahajó (hu)
• Indonesian: kapal induk (id)
• Italian: nave madre f
• Japanese: 母艦 (ja) (ぼかん, bokan), 母船 (ja) (ぼせん, bosen)
• Korean: 모함 (ko) (moham)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moderskip n

  Nynorsk: moderskip n

• Swedish: moderskepp (sv) n, moderfartyg n (boat)