convoy

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• UK: /ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/
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• rhymes with -ɔɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N V OY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Vulgar Latin *convio (compare Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”)), from Latin con- (“together”) + via (“way”).

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: պահականավախումբ (pahakanavaxumb) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Bulgarian: конво́й (konvój) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Catalan: comboi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Chinese Mandarin: 船團 /船团 (chuántuán) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Czech: konvoj — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Danish: konvoj — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Finnish: saattue — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• French: convoi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Galician: convoi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• German: Konvoi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• German: Geleitzug — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Greek: νηοπομπή (niopompí) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Irish: tionlacan — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Irish: conbhua — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Italian: convoglio — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Japanese: 船団 (sendan) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Macedonian: конво́ј (konvój) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Manx: famman coadee — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Māori: tāruru — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Norwegian Bokmål: konvoi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konvoi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Polish: konwój — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Portuguese: comboio — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Romanian: convoi — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Russian: конво́й (konvój) — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Spanish: convoy — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Swedish: konvoj — merchant ships sailing in company under the protection of naval vessels
• Arabic: قَافِلَة (qāfila) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Armenian: շարասյուն (šarasyun) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Belarusian: канво́й (kanvój) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Bulgarian: конво́й (konvój) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Catalan: comboi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Chinese Mandarin: 車隊 /车队 (chēduì) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Czech: konvoj — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Danish: konvoj — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Dutch: konvooi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Finnish: saattue — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Finnish: autosaattue — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• French: convoi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Galician: convoi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• German: Konvoi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• German: Geleitzug — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Greek: κονβόι (konvói) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Hungarian: konvoj — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Icelandic: bílalest — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Indonesian: iring-iringan — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Indonesian: konvoi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Irish: conbhua — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Italian: convoglio — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Japanese: 車列 (sharetsu) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Macedonian: конво́ј (konvój) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Māori: tāruru — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Eastern Mari: автоколонно (avtokolonno) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Polish: konwój — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Portuguese: comboio — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Romanian: convoi — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Russian: конво́й (konvój) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Russian: эско́рт (eskórt) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Russian: автоколо́нна (avtokolónna) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Russian: корте́ж (kortɛ́ž) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Slovak: konvoj — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Spanish: caravana — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Spanish: convoy — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Swedish: konvoj — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Tagalog: dalulong — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Ukrainian: конво́й (konvój) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Ukrainian: корте́ж (kortéž) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Ukrainian: автоколо́на (avtokolóna) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Ukrainian: еско́рт (eskórt) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Urdu: قافِلَہ (qāfila) — group of vehicles traveling together for safety, especially one with an escort
• Bulgarian: съпровожда́м (sǎprovoždám) — to escort a group of vehicles
• Bulgarian: конвои́рам (konvoíram) — to escort a group of vehicles
• Chinese Mandarin: 護航 /护航 (hùháng) — to escort a group of vehicles
• French: convoyer — to escort a group of vehicles
• German: eskortieren — to escort a group of vehicles
• German: geleiten — to escort a group of vehicles
• Irish: tionlaic — to escort a group of vehicles
• Macedonian: при́дружи (prídruži) — to escort a group of vehicles
• Manx: co-choad — to escort a group of vehicles
• Manx: co-hiauill — to escort a group of vehicles
• Portuguese: comboiar — to escort a group of vehicles
• Russian: сопровожда́ть (soprovoždátʹ) — to escort a group of vehicles
• Russian: сопроводи́ть (soprovodítʹ) — to escort a group of vehicles
• Russian: конвои́ровать (konvoírovatʹ) — to escort a group of vehicles
• Spanish: convoyar — to escort a group of vehicles