mother ship

See also: mothership

English

Noun

mother ship (plural mother ships)

A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.
Fond term of address for one's mother.

Translations

vessel that serves a smaller vessel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 母艦 (zh), 母舰 (zh) (mǔjiàn), 母船 (zh) (mǔchuán)
Finnish: emälaiva (fi), emoalus
French: vaisseau mère (fr) m, navire amiral (fr)
Italian: nave madre f
Japanese: 母艦 (ja) (ぼかん, bokan)

Korean: 모함 (ko) (moham)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moderskip n

Nynorsk: moderskip n
Swedish: moderskepp (sv) n, moderfartyg n (boat)

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