naval

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

• enPR: nā'vəl, IPA^(key): /ˈneɪvəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: navel
• Rhymes: -eɪvəl

naval (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Of or relating to a navy.

   Coordinate terms: civil, merchant

   • 2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎^[1], 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 (adjective) (usually hypernymous, but see the usage notes there)

• navy

• Lavan

Borrowed from Latin nāvālem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nəˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈval]

naval m or f (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

• nau

• “naval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “naval”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “naval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “naval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Inherited from Middle French naval, from nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”) (whence nef).

• IPA^(key): /na.val/

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

1. (relational) naval

   bataille navale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   chantier naval ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

Borrowed 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

Inherited 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural navales)

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

• “naval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• lavan