navicular

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Adjective

navicular (comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)

1. Shaped like a boat.
2. Relating to boats.
   • 1874, The Canadian Monthly and National Review (volume 5, page 469)

     Sooth to say, as far so^[sic] workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.

Synonyms

• cymbiform
• scaphoid

Translations

Shaped like a boat

• Catalan: navicular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舟形的

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• French: naviculaire (fr)
• Italian: navicolare

Noun

navicular (plural naviculars)

1. (anatomy) A navicular bone.

Synonyms

• scaphoid

Derived terms

• cuneonavicular
• navicular abdomen
• navicular bone
• navicular disease
• talocalcaneonavicular
• talonavicular

 

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Noun

navicular m (plural es)

1. (anatomy) navicular bone

Hypernyms

• osso

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nabikuˈlaɾ/ [na.β̞i.kuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

navicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural naviculares)

1. (anatomy) navicular

   Synonym: escafoideo

Derived terms

• astragalonavicular
• calcaneonavicular
• cuboideonavicular
• cuneonavicular

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

1. navicular bone

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001