naval
See also: Naval
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: nā'vəl, IPA(key): /ˈneɪvəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: navel
- Rhymes: -eɪvəl
Adjective
naval (not comparable)
- (nautical) Of or relating to a navy.
- 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, 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.
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- (nautical) Of or relating to ships in general.
- naval architect
Derived terms
Related terms
- naval crown
- navy
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).
Further reading
- “naval” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈbal/, [naˈβal]
- Homophone: nabal
- Rhymes: -al
Derived terms
Anagrams
Further reading
- “naval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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