navicular

English

Etymology

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.

Adjective

navicular (comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)

  1. Shaped like a boat.
  2. 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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Noun

navicular (plural naviculars)

  1. (anatomy) A navicular bone.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin nāviculāris (boat shaped), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (ship), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

  1. (anatomy) navicular bone

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nabikuˈlaɾ/, [naβikuˈlaɾ]

Adjective

navicular (plural naviculares)

  1. (anatomy) navicular
    Synonym: escafoideo

Derived terms

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

  1. navicular bone

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