English A navel. Alternative forms Etymology From Middle English navel navele Old English nafola Proto-Germanic *nabalô West Frisian nâle Dutch navel German Nabel Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰilos Irish imleac Latin umbilicus Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός ( omphalós ) ), diminutive of *h₃nobʰ- English nave nave
Pronunciation Noun navel (plural navels
( anatomy ) indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth .The central part or point of anything; the middle.
2004 Cloud Atlas :We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel [ …]
( historical ) eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage .Synonyms Derived terms Translations remnant of umbilical cord
Adyghe: шдиху ( šdixʷu )
Albanian: kërthizë (sq) f
Amharic: እምብርት ( ʾəmbərt )
Arabic: سُرَّة f ( surra )
Egyptian Arabic: سرة f ( surra )
Armenian: պորտ (hy) ( port )
Aromanian: buric
Assamese: নাভি ( nabhi )
Asturian: embeligru (ast) m ombligu (ast) m
Avar: цӏин ( cʼin )
Aymara: kururu
Azerbaijani: göbək (az)
Baluchi: ناپگ ( nápag )
Bashkir: кендек ( kendek )
Bau Bidayuh: pisod
Belarusian: пупо́к m ( pupók ) , пуп m ( pup )
Bengali: নাভি ( nabhi )
Berber:
Tashelhit: abuḍ m
Borôro: künabo
Breton: begel (br)
Bulgarian: пъп m ( pǎp )
Burmese: ချက် (my) ( hkyak )
Catalan: melic (ca) m llombrígol (ca) m
Central Dusun: pusod
Central Melanau: pused
Chamicuro: mocho
Chechen: цӏонга ( cʼonga )
Chepang: तोय्
Chichewa: mchombo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 肚臍 ／ 肚脐 ( tou5 ci4 ) , 肚脐 ( tou5 ci4 ) , 肚臍窿 ／ 肚脐窿 ( tou5 ci4 lung4-1 ) , 肚脐窿 ( tou5 ci4 lung1 )
Hakka: 肚臍 ／ 肚脐 肚脐 ( tú-chhì ) , 肚臍窟 ／ 肚脐窟 肚脐窟 ( tú-chhì-fut )
Mandarin: 肚臍 ／ 肚脐 (zh) ( dùqí ) , 肚脐 (zh) ( dùqí ) , 肚臍眼 ／ 肚脐眼 (zh) ( dùqíyǎn ) , 肚脐眼 (zh) ( dùqíyǎn )
Min Nan: 肚臍 ／ 肚脐 (zh-min-nan) , 肚脐 ( tō͘-châi ) , 腹臍 ／ 腹脐 腹脐 ( pak-châi )
Coptic: ϧⲉⲗⲡⲓ f ( xelpi )
Cornish: begel m
Czech: pupek (cs) m
Danish: navle (da) c
Dupaningan Agta: pusad
Dutch: navel (nl) m
Erzya: почо ( počo )
Esperanto: umbiliko (eo)
Estonian: naba (et)
Faroese: nalvi m
Fijian: vico
Finnish: napa (fi)
French: nombril (fr) m
Friulian: umbriçon m umbričon bugnigul m
Galician: embigo (gl) m beligo m
Georgian: ჭიპი ( č̣iṗi )
German: Bauchnabel (de) m Nabel (de) m
Greek: ομφαλός (el) m ( omfalós )
Ancient: ὀμφαλός m ( omphalós )
Guaraní: puru'â
Gujarati: નાભિ (gu) ( nābhi )
Hawaiian: piko
Hebrew: טַבּוּר (he) ( tabúr ) , פופיק m ( púpik )
Hiligaynon: pusod
Hindi: नाभि (hi) f ( nābhi ) , नाफ़ f ( nāf )
Hungarian: köldök (hu)
Icelandic: nafli (is) m
Ido: umbiliko (io)
Ilocano: puseg
Indonesian: pusat (id) , pusar (id)
Iranun: pused
Irish: imleac f
Ishkashimi: ناف ( nāf )
Italian: ombelico (it) m onfalo m
Japanese: 臍 (ja) ( へそ, heso )
Kannada: ನಾಭಿ (kn) ( nābhi )
Kapampangan: pusud
Kazakh: кіндік ( kındık )
Khmer: ផ្ចិត (km) ( phcət )
Kimaragang: pusod
Korean: 배꼽 (ko) ( baekkop )
Kumyk: гинник ( ginnik )
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Kyrgyz: киндик (ky) ( kindik )
Lao: ສາຍບື (lo) ( sāi bư̄ )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latgalian: pupona
Latin: umbilīcus m
Latvian: naba f
Lithuanian: bamba f
Livonian: nabā
Lotud: pusod
Low German: Navel m
Lule Sami: náhpe
Macedonian: папок m ( papok )
Malay: pusat pusar pusar
Malayalam: പൊക്കിള് ( pokkiḷ )
Maltese: żokra f
Maori: pito ihonga
Mongolian: хүйс (mn) ( xüjs ) , хүй (mn) ( xüj )
Navajo: atsʼééʼ
Nepali: नाइटो ( nāiṭo )
Ngarrindjeri: pulanggi
Norman: nombrîn m ( Jersey ) , naombrin m ( Guernsey ) , nõmbri m ( Sark )
Norwegian: navle m
Occitan: embonilh (oc) , monilh (oc) , embonígol (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: пѫпъ m ( pǫpŭ )
Old East Slavic: пупъ m ( pupŭ )
Ottoman Turkish: ناف ( nâf ) , گوبك ( göbek )
Pashto: د نامه غوټه (ps) f ( denāmǝ gúṭa ) , نو (ps) ( naw )
Persian: ناف (fa) ( nâf )
Polish: pępek (pl) m
Portuguese: umbigo (pt) m
Quechua: puti pupu puputi
Romanian: buric (ro) n
Rungus: pusod
Russian: пупо́к (ru) m ( pupók ) , пуп (ru) m ( pup )
Sabah Bisaya: pusod
Sanskrit: नाभि (sa) f ( nābhi ) , नाभी (sa) f ( nābhī )
Sardinian: imbílicu imbírigu
Scottish Gaelic: imleag f
Sebop: pucet
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пу̏пак m
Roman: pȕpak (sh) m
Slovak: pupok (sk) m
Slovene: pópek (sl) m
Spanish: ombligo (es) m
Swahili: (please verify ) kitovu (sw) class 7 /8
Swedish: navel (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠁꠝꠥꠠꠣꠟ ( naimuṛal )
Tagal Murut: pusor
Tagalog: pusod
Tajik: ноф ( nof )
Tamil: தொப்புள் (ta) ( toppuḷ )
Tatar: кендек (tt) ( kendek )
Tboli: huhed
Telugu: నాభి (te) ( nābhi ) , బొడ్డు (te) ( boḍḍu )
Thai: สะดือ (th) ( sà-dʉʉ )
Tibetan: ལྟེ་བ ( lte ba )
Timugon Murut: pusor
Tok Pisin: hap bel
Turkish: göbek (tr)
Turkmen: göbek
Tuvan: хиндик ( xindik )
Udmurt: гогы ( gogy )
Ukrainian: пупо́к m ( pupók ) , пуп m ( pup )
Urdu: نابھی f ( nābhi ) , ناف f ( nāf )
Uyghur: كىندىك ( kindik )
Uzbek: kindik (uz)
Venetian: bonigolo m bonigol bunigolo m bunigol bonigoło
Veps: naba
Vietnamese: rốn (vi) , rún (vi)
Vilamovian: nowuł m
Volapük: numbril
Võro: naba
Welsh: bogail
West Coast Bajau: ponsot
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yagnobi: нофа ( nofa )
Yakut: киин ( kiin )
Yami: pesed
Yiddish: פּופּיק m ( pupik ) , נאָפּל m ( nopl )
Zhuang: saejndw
See also Anagrams Dutch Etymology From Middle Dutch navele navel Old Dutch *navalo Proto-Germanic *nabalô
Pronunciation Noun navel m plural navels diminutive naveltje n
navel Derived terms Swedish Etymology From Old Norse nafli
Noun navel c
navel Declension Anagrams 
