ναυτιλία

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ναυτιλία (nautilía, “sailing, seamanship”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naf.tiˈli.a/
  • Hyphenation: ναυ‧τι‧λία

Noun

ναυτιλία • (naftilía) f

  1. shipping (especially commercial: the body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively)
    εμπορική ναυτιλία ― emporikí naftilía ― merchant shipping
  2. shipping, navigation (traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping)
    Synonym: ναυσιπλοΐα f (nafsiploḯa)

Declension

Declension of ναυτιλία
singular plural
nominative ναυτιλία (naftilía) ναυτιλίες (naftilíes)
genitive ναυτιλίας (naftilías) ναυτιλιών (naftilión)
accusative ναυτιλία (naftilía) ναυτιλίες (naftilíes)
vocative ναυτιλία (naftilía) ναυτιλίες (naftilíes)

Derived terms

  • ναυτιλιακός (naftiliakós)

References

  1. ^ ναυτιλία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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