caravel
pronunciation
How to pronounce caravel in British English:
UK ['kærəvel]
How to pronounce caravel in American English:
US ['kærəˌvel]
Word Origin
- caravel (n.)
- 1520s, from Middle French caravelle (15c.), from Spanish carabela or Portuguese caravela, diminutive of caravo "small vessel," from Late Latin carabus "small wicker boat covered with leather," from Greek karabos, literally "beetle, lobster" (see scarab). Earlier form carvel (early 15c.) survives in carvel-built (adj.).
Example
- 1. Just as the caravel symbolised the age of discovery and early colonial trade between portugal and brazil , the chinamax encapsulates china 's growing hunger for the natural resources of latin america 's largest economy .