navicular
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
navicular (comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)
- Shaped like a boat.
- 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.
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Translations edit
Shaped like a boat
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Noun edit
navicular (plural naviculars)
- (anatomy) A navicular bone.
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
navicular m (plural naviculares)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French naviculaire.
Adjective edit
navicular m or n (feminine singular naviculară, masculine plural naviculari, feminine and neuter plural naviculare)
Declension edit
Declension of navicular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | navicular | naviculară | naviculari | naviculare | ||
definite | navicularul | naviculara | navicularii | navicularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | navicular | naviculare | naviculari | naviculare | ||
definite | navicularului | navicularei | navicularilor | navicularelor |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
navicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural naviculares)
- (anatomy) navicular
- Synonym: escafoideo
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
navicular m (plural naviculares)
Further reading edit
- “navicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014