naval

See also: Naval, nával, and nåväl

English

Etymology

From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis; equivalent to navy +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nā'vəl, IPA^(key): /ˈneɪvəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: navel
• Rhymes: -eɪvəl

Adjective

naval (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Of or relating to a navy.

   Coordinate terms: civil, merchant

   • 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87:

     Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.

2. (nautical) Of or relating to ships in general.

   naval architect

Hypernyms

• military (adjective) (usually hypernymous, but see the usage notes there)

Derived terms

• antinaval
• internaval
• NADEP
• naval architect
• naval base
• naval brigade
• naval crown
• naval engineer
• navalese
• naval infantry
• navalism
• navalist
• navalistic
• navally
• naval mine
• naval officer
• naval science
• naval stores
• nonnaval
• pronaval

Related terms

• navy

Translations

of or relating to a navy

• Belarusian: вае́нна-марскі́ (vajénna-marskí)
• Bulgarian: военноморски (voennomorski)
• Catalan: naval (ca)
• Esperanto: mararmea (eo)
• Finnish: laivasto- (fi), merivoimien (fi)
• French: naval (fr)
• Galician: naval (gl)
• German: Marine-
• Hebrew: יַמִּי (he) m (yamí), יַמִּי צְבָאִי m (yamí tsvaí), צִיִּי (he) m (tsiyi)
• Hindi: नौसैनिक (nausainik)
• Ido: navala (io)
• Italian: navale (it)
• Latin: classarius
• Portuguese: naval (pt)
• Romanian: naval (ro)
• Russian: вое́нно-морско́й (ru) (vojénno-morskój)
• Spanish: naval (es)
• Swedish: örlogs- (sv), sjö- (sv), flott- (sv)
• Ukrainian: військо́во-морськи́й (vijsʹkóvo-morsʹkýj)
• Vietnamese: hải quân (vi)
• Volapük: marenik (vo)

of or relating to ships

• Belarusian: карабе́льны (karabjélʹny)
• Finnish: laiva- (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ναυτικός (nautikós)

• Hebrew: יַמִּי (he) m (yamí)
• Italian: navale (it), nautico (it)
• Russian: корабе́льный (ru) (korabélʹnyj)
• Turkish: bahri (tr)
• Ukrainian: корабе́льний (korabélʹnyj)
• Vietnamese: tàu bè (vi)

Anagrams

• Lavan

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nāvālem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [nəˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [naˈβal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

Related terms

• nau

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “naval”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Further reading

• “naval”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “naval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “naval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French naval, from nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”) (whence nef).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.val/

Adjective

naval (feminine navale, masculine plural navals, feminine plural navales)

1. (relational) naval

   bataille navale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   chantier naval ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• navire
• nef

Further reading

• “naval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Etymology

From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

Adjective

naval m or f (plural navais)

1. naval

Related terms

• nave

Further reading

• “naval”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈvaw/ [naˈvaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈval/ [nɐˈvaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈval/ [nɐˈvaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈbal/ [nɐˈβaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈva.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: nabal (Porto)
• Hyphenation: na‧val

Adjective

naval m or f (plural navais, not comparable)

1. naval

Further reading

• “naval”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “naval”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French naval. By surface analysis, navă + -al.

Adjective

naval m or n (feminine singular navală, masculine plural navali, feminine/neuter plural navale)

1. nautical

Declension

Declension of naval

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	naval		navală	navali	navale
	definite	navalul		navala	navalii	navalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	naval		navale	navali	navale
	definite	navalului		navalei	navalilor	navalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈbal/ [naˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: na‧val
• Homophone: nabal

Adjective

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navales)

1. (nautical) naval (of or relating to a navy)

Derived terms

• aeronaval
• base naval

Related terms

• nave
• navegar
• navío

Further reading

• “naval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• lavan