fregata — meaning in English

English meaning

• frigate noun A fast, medium-sized warship, historically used for patrol and escort duties and today for anti-submarine and general naval operations.

Senses

fregata is used for these senses in English:

• frigate (historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]
• frigatebird Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.