navigation

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin nāvigātiōnem, accusative singular of nāvigātiō (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”). Morphologically navigate +‎ -ion

• IPA^(key): /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

navigation (usually uncountable, plural navigations)

1. (uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

   An ocean-going yachtsman must be competent at night navigation

2. (uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
3. (countable) A canal.
4. (uncountable) The act of accessing different components of the user interface of software.
5. (uncountable) The process of finding a way through a difficult situation.

• → Hungarian: navigáció
• → Japanese: ナビゲーション (nabigēshon)
• → Korean: 내비게이션 (naebigeisyeon)

From Middle French navigation, from Old French [Term?], from Latin nāvigātiōnem (“sailing, navigation”), from nāvigātus, perfect passive participle of nāvigō (“sail”). By surface analysis, naviguer +‎ -tion.

• IPA^(key): /na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

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navigation f (plural navigations)

1. navigation

• naviguer

• → Romanian: navigație
• → Turkish: navigasyon

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

From Latin nāvigātiō, attested from 1680.^[1]

navigation c (uncountable)

1. navigation