Meanings
nouncapital ship (plural capital ships)
plural capital ships
- nauticalAny of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 大型軍艦 /大型军舰
- 大型軍艦 /大型军舰 (dàxíng jūnjiàn)warship
Finnish pääalus
- pääaluswarship
French bâtiment précieux, navire capital
- bâtiment précieuxwarship
- navire capitalwarship
German [1] Großkampfschiff, Kapitalschiff
- [1] Großkampfschiffwarship
- Kapitalschiffwarship
- Kriegsschiffwarship
- Schlachtschiffwarship
- [1b] Hauptschiffwarship
- Flaggschiffwarship
- Führungsschiffwarship
Hebrew אֳנִיָּה רָאשִׁית
- אֳנִיָּה רָאשִׁית (oniya rashit)warship
Russian кру́пный кора́бль, кру́пный вое́нный кора́бль
- кру́пный кора́бль (krúpnyj koráblʹ)warship
- кру́пный вое́нный кора́бль (krúpnyj vojénnyj koráblʹ)warship
- кру́пный боево́й кора́бль (krúpnyj bojevój koráblʹ)warship
Spanish buque capital
- buque capitalwarship
Cite this entry
APA
capital ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20ship
MLA
“capital ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20ship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capital ship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capital%20ship.
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