naval

Borrowed from Old French naval, from Latin navalis; equivalent to navy +‎ -al.

• enPR: nā'vəl, IPA^(key): /ˈneɪvəl/

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• Homophones: 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

• naval base

• naval crown
• navy

• Lavan

naval (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

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

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

1. naval

• navire
• nef

• “naval” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

naval m or f (plural navais, comparable)

1. naval

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

• IPA^(key): /naˈbal/, [naˈβal]
• Homophone: nabal
• Rhymes: -al

naval (plural navales)

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

• aeronaval

• nave
• navegar
• navío

• lavan

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