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warship

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːˌʃɪp/
  • General-American: /ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: worship (General American, rare)
  • CMU ARPABET: W AO1 R SH IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ship, watercraft, vessel

2

noun

Meaning 2

A spacecraft built or armed for space warfare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a government ship that is available for waging war

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: war vessel, combat ship

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: military vehicle, ship

Narrower terms: aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier, battleship, battlewagon, capital ship, corvette, cruiser, destroyer, guided missile destroyer, destroyer escort, frigate, guard ship, ironclad, man-of-war, ship of the line, privateer, sloop of war, submersible, submersible warship, surface ship, three-decker, torpedo boat

History

Etymology

From war + ship.

Across languages

Translations

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: luftanije — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Arabic: سَفِينَة حَرْبِيَّة (safīna ḥarbiyya) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Aragonese: baixiello — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Armenian: ռազմանավ (ṙazmanav) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Azerbaijani: hərbi gəmi — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Basque: gerraontzi — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Belarusian: вае́нны карабе́ль (vajénny karabjélʹ) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Bengali: রণতরী (rontori) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Bengali: যুদ্ধজাহাজ (juddhojahaj) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Bengali: মানোয়ার (manōẇar) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Bulgarian: вое́нен ко́раб (voénen kórab) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Burmese: စစ်သင်္ဘော (cacsangbhau:) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Catalan: vaixell de guerra — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chinese: 軍艦 /军舰 (kun-lām) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍艦 /军舰 (jūnjiàn) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵船 (bīngchuán) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兵艦 /兵舰 (bīngjiàn) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 艦艇 /舰艇 (jiàntǐng) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰船 /战船 (zhànchuán) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Chuvash: ҫар карапӗ (śar k̬arap̬ĕ) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Crimean Tatar: arbiy gemi — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Czech: válečná loď — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Danish: krigsskib — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Danish: orlogsskib — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Danish: orlogsfartøj — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Dutch: oorlogsschip — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Dutch: oorlogsbodem — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Dutch: krijgsschip — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Dutch: oorlogsvaartuig — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Esperanto: militŝipo — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Estonian: sõjalaev — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Finnish: sota-alus — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Finnish: sotalaiva — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • French: navire de guerre — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Georgian: საბრძოლო ხომალდი (sabrʒolo xomaldi) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • German: Kriegsschiff — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • German: Kampfschiff — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Greek: πολεμικό πλοίο (polemikó ploío) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Greek: πολεμικό (polemikó) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Hawaiian: moku kaua — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Hawaiian: manuā — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Hebrew: סְפִינַת מִלְחָמָה (sefinát milkhamá) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Hindi: युद्धपोत (yuddhpot) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Hindi: जंगी जहाज़ (jaṅgī jahāz) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Hungarian: hadihajó — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Ido: militonavo — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Indonesian: kapal perang — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Ingrian: sotalaiva — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Italian: nave da guerra — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Japanese: 軍艦 (gunkan) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Japanese: 戦艦 (senkan) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Kazakh: әскери кеме (äskeri keme) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Khmer: នាវាចំបាំង (niəviə cɑmbang) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Khmer: កប៉ាល់ចម្បាំង (kaʼpal cɑmbang) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Korean: 군함 (gunham) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Korean: 전함 (jeonham) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Northern Kurdish: keştiya şerî — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Kyrgyz: согуштук кеме (soguştuk keme) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Lao: ເຮືອຮົບ (hư̄a hop) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Latin: navis bellica — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Latvian: karakuģis — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Lithuanian: karo laivas — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • : ᦵᦣᦲᦵᦉᦲᧅ (hoeṡoek) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Luxembourgish: Krichsschëff — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Macedonian: воен брод (voen brod) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Malay: kapal perang — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Malayalam: യുദ്ധക്കപ്പൽ (yuddhakkappal) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Malayalam: പടക്കപ്പൽ (paṭakkappal) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Māori: manuao — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Māori: wakatauā — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Marathi: युद्धनौका (yuddhanaukā) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Mongolian: байлдааны хөлөг онгоц (bajldaany xölög ongoc) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Mongolian: цэргийн хөлөг онгоц (cergiin xölög ongoc) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠢᠯᠳᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠥᠯᠭᠡ ᠣᠩᠭᠣᠴᠠ (bailduɣan-ü kölge ongɣoča) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠥᠯᠭᠡ ᠣᠩᠭᠣᠴᠠ (čerig-ün kölge ongɣoča) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Norman: navithe dé dgèrre — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krigsskip — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: orlogsskip — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: orlogsfartøy — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krigsskip — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Persian: کشتی جنگی (kašti-ye jangi) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Polish: okręt wojenny — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Portuguese: navio de guerra — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Portuguese: belonave — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Romanian: navă de război — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Romanian: vas de război — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Romanian: navă militară — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Russian: вое́нный кора́бль (vojénnyj koráblʹ) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Satawalese: kiungkang — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Scottish Gaelic: luingeas chogaidh — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Serbo-Croatian: ратни брод — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Serbo-Croatian: ratni brod — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Slovak: vojnová loď — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Slovene: vojna ladja — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Spanish: buque de guerra — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Spanish: buque militar — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Swahili: manowari — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Swedish: örlogsfartyg — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Swedish: stridsfartyg — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Tagalog: bapor-pandigma — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Tajik: киштии ҳарбӣ (kišti-yi harbi) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Thai: เรือรบ (rʉʉa-róp) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Tok Pisin: manua — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Turkish: savaş gemisi — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Turkmen: söweş gämisi — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Ukrainian: військо́вий корабе́ль (vijsʹkóvyj korabélʹ) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Urdu: جَن٘گی جَہاز (jangī jahāz) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Uyghur: ھەربىي پاراخوت (herbiy paraxot) — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Uzbek: harbiy kema — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Vietnamese: tàu chiến — ship built or armed for naval combat
  • Yami: gengkang — ship built or armed for naval combat
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