nau
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nau"
English
Etymology
Noun
nau (plural naus)
- (historical) Synonym of carrack
- 2008, Liam Matthew Brockey, Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World
- Bentley Duncan has even suggested that it was the prospect of trade rather than the doubtful facilities of the dockyard that persuaded so many naus to stop at Mozambique Island.
- 2008, Liam Matthew Brockey, Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
nau f (plural naus)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “nau”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin nāvis, nāvem, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
Pronunciation
Noun
nau f (plural naus)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “nau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “nau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chuukese
Noun
nau
Crimean Tatar
Pronoun
nau
Fiji Hindi
Numeral
nau
References
- Fiji Hindi Dictionary
- Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese não.
Adverb
nau
Lashi
Verb
nau
References
Occitan
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin nāvis, nāvem
Noun
nau f (plural naus)
Old Irish
Noun
nau f
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German nun, Dutch nu, English now.
Adverb
nau
Portuguese
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Carrack_Madre_de_Deus.jpg/220px-Carrack_Madre_de_Deus.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan nau, from Latin nāvis. Compare Spanish nao. Doublet of nave.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "PT" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈnaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
Noun
nau f (plural naus)
- A three or four-masted sailing ship used all along the 15th century and early 16th
- vessel
- carrack
Tahitian
Adjective
nau
Synonyms
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “nau” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Adverb
nau
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