A small corvette or a diminutive form of corvée, possibly used in Italian or Romance language contexts; rare in English.
Italian diminutive form of 'corvetta' (corvette), with the '-tto' suffix meaning 'small.' The term is not standard in English.
Italian diminutives are adorable—you can make almost any word smaller and cuter by adding '-tto,' so a corvetto is literally a 'cute little ship,' which seems inappropriate for a warship.
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