naval

See also: Naval

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French naval, from Latin navalis; 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.
   • 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

Derived terms

• naval base

Related terms

• naval crown
• navy

Translations

of or relating to a navy

• Catalan: naval (ca)
• Finnish: laivasto- (fi), merivoimien
• French: naval (fr)
• Galician: naval
• Hebrew: יַמִּי (he) m (yami), צִיִּי (he) m (tsiyi)
• Ido: navala (io)
• Italian: navale (it)
• Latin: classarius
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• Portuguese: naval (pt)
• Romanian: naval (ro)
• Russian: военно-морской (ru) (vojenno-morskoj)
• Spanish: naval (es)
• Swedish: örlogs- (sv), sjö- (sv), flott- (sv)

of or relating to ships

• Finnish: laiva- (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ναυτικός (nautikós)

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• Hebrew: יַמִּי (he) m (yami)
• Italian: navale (it), nautico (it)

Anagrams

• Lavan

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nəˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈval]

Adjective

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

Related terms

• nau

Further reading

• “naval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “naval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “naval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “naval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. naval

Related terms

• navire
• nef

Further reading

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

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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, since 2012

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adjective

1. naval

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navales)

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

Derived terms

• aeronaval

Related terms

• nave
• navegar
• navío

Further reading

• “naval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• lavan