naval

From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis; equivalent to navy +‎ -al.

• enPR: nā'vəl, IPA^(key): /ˈneɪvəl/

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• Homophone: navel
• Rhymes: -eɪvəl

naval (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (nautical) Of or relating to ships in general.

   naval architect

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

• NADEP
• naval base
• naval crown

• navy

• Lavan

From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /nəˈval/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /nəˈbal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /naˈval/

naval (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

• nau

• “naval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “naval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “naval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “naval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

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

1. (relational) naval

• chantier naval

• navire
• nef

• “naval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

naval m or f (plural navais)

1. naval

• nave

• “naval” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: nabal (Porto)
• Hyphenation: na‧val

naval m or f (plural navais, not comparable)

1. naval

From French naval. By surface analysis, navă +‎ -al.

naval m or n (feminine singular navală, masculine plural navali, feminine and neuter plural navale)

1. nautical

From Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).

• IPA^(key): /naˈbal/ [naˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: na‧val
• Homophone: nabal

naval (plural navales)

1. (nautical) naval (of or relating to a navy)

• aeronaval
• base naval

• nave
• navegar
• navío

• “naval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• lavan