How to pronounce caravel
American English pronunciation
KAIR-uh-vel
- IPA
- /ˈkɛɹəˌvɛl/
- Syllables
- KAIR · uh · vel (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What caravel means
A small, fast sailing ship used by explorers long ago
In a sentence: The caravel's sails filled with wind as it left the harbor for unknown lands.
Where it comes from: It came through French from Portuguese, from a word for a small boat that goes back to a Greek word for a light ship.
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