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)

  (file)

• 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

Hypernyms

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

Derived terms

• NADEP
• naval architect
• naval base
• naval brigade
• naval crown
• naval infantry
• naval mine
• naval officer
• naval science
• naval stores

 

Related terms

• navy

Translations

of or relating to a navy

• Bulgarian: военно морски (voenno morski)
• Catalan: naval (ca)
• Finnish: laivasto- (fi), merivoimien
• French: naval (fr)
• Galician: naval
• Hebrew: יַמִּי (he) m (yamí), יַמִּי צְבָאִי m (yamí tsvaí), צִיִּי (he) m (tsiyi)
• 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)
• Vietnamese: hải quân (vi)

of or relating to ships

• Finnish: laiva- (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ναυτικός (nautikós)

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

Anagrams

• Lavan

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nāvālem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

Related terms

• nau

References

• “naval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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.

French

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. (relational) naval

Derived terms

• chantier naval

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, Royal Galician Academy.

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

naval m or n (feminine singular navală, masculine plural navali, feminine and 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• lavan