navet
See also: nāvēt
Cahuilla edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan [Term?] (compare Classical Nahuatl nohpalli).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
návet (plural návtem)
- a kind of prickly pear cactus, perhaps Opuntia engelmannii
- cactus (any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants)
Danish edit
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navet n
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French nef (“turnip”) + -et, from Latin nāpus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
navet m (plural navets)
- turnip (white root of Brassica rapa)
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:
- Au secours, seigneurs, au secours ! venez à l’aide de mon seigneur, qui est engagé dans la plus formidable et la plus sanglante bataille que mes yeux aient jamais vue. Vive Dieu ! il a porté un tel revers au géant ennemi de madame la princesse Micomicona, qu’il lui a tranché la tête à rasibus des épaules, comme si c’eût été un navet.
- Help, good sirs, help! Come to the help of my master, who is engaged in the most formidable and the most bloody battle that my eyes have ever seen. By God! He delivered such a backhand to the giant enemy of the lady princess of Micomicona that he sliced off his head cleanly from the shoulders, as if it had been a turnip.
- (colloquial, film) a very bad movie; a turkey
- Quel navet, ce film ! ― That movie was such a turkey!
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “navet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Latin edit
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nāvet
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From a diminutive of Old French nef (“turnip”), from Latin napus.
Noun edit
navet m (plural navets)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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navet n
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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navet n
Swedish edit
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navet