navy
English
/ˈneɪvi/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
- (countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
- (countable) A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French navie derived from Latin nāvigia, nāvigō (sail, navigate, travel by sea) derived from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (boat).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*néh₂us
Gloss
boat
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
船, 艇
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeronaval English
- antinaval English
- antinavy English
- nauscopy English
- naval English
- navalism English
- navalist English
- navalistic English
- navally English
- navarch English
- navyless English
- nonnaval English
- adnavigo Latin
- circumnavigo Latin
- innavigo Latin
- navis Latin
- nāvicula Latin
- nāvigia Latin
- nāvigium Latin
- nāvigō Latin
- nāvis Latin
- nāvis, navis, nāvem Latin
- navigieren German
- Naos Italian
- navy Spanish, Castilian
- Ναυσίθοος Ancient Greek
- Ναυσικάα Ancient Greek
- Ναυσιφάνης Ancient Greek
- Ναύβολος Ancient Greek
- Ναύκρατις Ancient Greek
- Ναύπακτος Ancient Greek
- Ναύπλιος Ancient Greek
- ναυμαχέω Ancient Greek
- ναυμαχία Ancient Greek
- ναυπηγός Ancient Greek
- ναυσικλειτός Ancient Greek
- ναύαρχος Ancient Greek
- ναύκληρος Ancient Greek
- ναύσταθμον Ancient Greek
- ναύτης Ancient Greek
- ναῦς Ancient Greek
- περίνεως Ancient Greek
- ἐχενηΐς Ancient Greek
- *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *néh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- नावा Sanskrit
- नौ, নৌ Sanskrit
- navigate Middle English
- nagier Old French
- naval Old French
- navie Old French
- navigi Esperanto
- ناخدا Persian
- ناو Persian
- ناوخدا Persian
- ναυς Greek (modern)
- նաւ Old Armenian
- nó Old Irish
- *náHuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nāwis, *naus Proto-Italic
- nevi Tok Pisin