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A vessel, aircraft or spacecraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The main source or supporter of something.
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Usage: broadly
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The largest vessel, especially a spaceship, in a fleet, from which the fleet is commanded; a flagship.
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Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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The largest and most fearsome example of something.
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Usage: broadly
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
母艦 /母舰
(mǔjiàn)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Chinese Mandarin:
母船
(mǔchuán)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Dutch:
moederschip
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Finnish:
emälaiva
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Finnish:
emoalus
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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French:
vaisseau mère
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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French:
navire amiral
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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German:
Mutterschiff
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Hungarian:
anyahajó
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Indonesian:
kapal induk
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Italian:
nave madre
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Japanese:
母艦
(bokan)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Japanese:
母船
(bosen)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Korean:
모함
(moham)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Norwegian Bokmål:
moderskip
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
moderskip
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Persian:
کشتی مادر
(kašti-ye mâdar)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Polish:
statek-matka
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Russian:
кора́бль-ма́тка
(koráblʹ-mátka)
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Spanish:
nave nodriza
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Spanish:
buque nodriza
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Swedish:
moderskepp
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel
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Swedish:
moderfartyg
— vessel that serves a smaller vessel