nave

See also näve, nāve, and nāvē

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: nāv, IPA: /neɪv/, X-SAMPA: /neIv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv
• Homophone: knave

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin nāvis, via a Romance source.

Noun

nave (plural naves)

1. (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

Translations

the middle or body of a church

• Armenian: նավ (hy) (nav)
• Danish: skib (da) n
• Dutch: schip (nl) n
• Finnish: laiva (fi), päälaiva (fi)
• French: nef (fr) f
• German: Schiff (de) n
• Greek: ναυς (el) (nafs) f
• Hungarian: hajó (hu)
• Irish: corp na heaglaise (ga) m
• Italian: navata (it)

• Macedonian: кораб (mk) (kórab) m, брод (mk) (bród) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: midtskip (nb) n

  Nynorsk: midskip (nn) n, midtskip (nn) n

• Polish: nawa główna (pl) f
• Portuguese: nave (pt) f
• Romanian: naos (ro) n
• Russian: неф (ru) (nef) m
• Spanish: nave (es) f

Etymology 2

From Old English nafu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō (compare Dutch naaf, German Nabe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobh (“navel”) (compare Latin umbō (“shield boss”), Latvian naba, Sanskrit nābha).

Noun

nave (plural naves)

1. A hub of a wheel.
2. (obsolete) The navel.

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Related terms

• navel

Translations

hub of a wheel

• Greek: αφαλός (el) (afalós) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nav (nb) n

  Nynorsk: nav (nn) n

• Polish: piasta (pl) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cìoch (gd) f
• Swedish: nav (sv) n

Anagrams

• aven
• Evan
• Neva
• vane

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nave f (plural naves)

1. ship

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nave f (plural naves)

1. ship (watercraft or airship)
2. (architecture) nave

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nave f (plural navi)

1. ship

Related terms

• nausea
• nautica
• navale
• nave costiera
• nave scuola
• navicella
• navigare
• naviglio

Anagrams

• vane
• vena

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Latin

Adjective

nāve

1. vocative masculine singular of nāvus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nave f (plural naves)

1. ship
2. (architecture) nave, aisle

See also

• barco m
• navio m

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nāvis.

Noun

nave f (plural naves)

1. ship
2. (architecture) nave, aisle

See also

• barca f
• barco m
• lancha f