Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Ääntäminen
Southern England
GA
- RP:
- GA:
- IPA: /ˌmæn.ə(v)ˈwoɹ/
- IPA: /ˈmæn-/
- NZ:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (military, archaic, except, humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
- (obsolete, rare) In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board an armed naval vessel.
- Senses relating to animals.
- Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
- (specifically, archaic) A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
- (specifically, US) The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
- Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”).
Taivutusmuodot