navel

Meaning

Noun

1. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
3. A navel orange.
4. (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Verb

To be in the middle of a landscape.

Synonyms

belly button

umbilicus

umbilical cord

omphalos

omphalus

bellybutton

center

hilum

nucleus

dimple

navel point

belly-button

nave

pivot

pole

proceeding

relating

terminal

umbilical

navel string

being in

umbilic

stone of fruit

umbillicus

nombril

abdomen

tummy button

beer belly

bowels

bullseye

centre

core

electrode

fulcrum

heart

❤️

hub

kernel

middle

Translations

nombril

ombligo

ombelico

Nabel

navel

umbigo

ombilic

melic

ομφαλός

llombrígol

göbek

umbilicus

Bauchnabel

αφαλός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneɪvəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: navel

Inherited from Old English: nafola

Cognate with Western Frisian: nâle

Cognate with Dutch: navel

Cognate with German: Nabel

Cognate with Old Irish: imbliu

Cognate with Latin: umbilīcus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὀμφαλός

Cognate with Persian: ناف

In summary

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (compare West Frisian nâle, Dutch navel, German Nabel), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (compare Old Irish imbliu, Latin umbilīcus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), Persian ناف (nâf), Kurdish navik, Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi)), diminutive of *h₃nobʰ-, equivalent to nave + -el (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of omphalos. More at nave.