Masculine
navire
Sentences
Pendant une vingtaine de jours , le navire 🚢 est immobilisé tandis que s'affairent les charpentiers .
🚢
For about twenty days, the ship is immobilized while the carpenters are busy.
Concepts
war vessel
combat ship
gravy holder
Synonyms
nef
mise à bord
enrolement
Navire de guerre
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/na.viʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French navire, from Old French navirie, variant of navilie, probably from Vulgar Latin *navilium (compare Old Occitan navili), alteration of Classical Latin navigium (whence also Old French navoi, navie). Cognates with Catalan nau, Galician nave, Italian nave, Occitan nau, Portuguese navio, Romanian naie, navă, Sicilian navi, Spanish nave.
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