navicular

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

navicular (comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)

1. Shaped like a boat.
2. Relating to boats.
   • 1874, The Canadian Monthly and National Review, volume 5, page 469:

     Sooth to say, as far so^[sic] workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.

Synonyms

• cymbiform
• scaphoid

Translations

Shaped like a boat

• Bulgarian: лодковиден (lodkoviden)
• Catalan: navicular (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舟形的

• French: naviculaire (fr)
• Italian: navicolare

Noun

navicular (plural naviculars)

1. (anatomy) A navicular bone.

Synonyms

• scaphoid

Derived terms

• cuneonavicular
• navicular abdomen
• navicular bone
• navicular disease
• talocalcaneonavicular
• talonavicular

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.vi.kuˈlaʁ/ [na.vi.kuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.vi.kuˈlaʁ/ [na.vi.kuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /na.vi.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /na.vi.kuˈlaʁ/ [na.vi.kuˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.vi.kuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.vi.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.vi.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.bi.kuˈlaɾ/ [nɐ.βi.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐ.vi.kuˈla.ɾi/

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

1. (anatomy) navicular bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French naviculaire.

Adjective

navicular m or n (feminine singular naviculară, masculine plural naviculari, feminine and neuter plural naviculare)

1. (anatomy) navicular

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	navicular		naviculară		naviculari	naviculare
	definite	navicularul		naviculara		navicularii	navicularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	navicular		naviculare		naviculari	naviculare
	definite	navicularului		navicularei		navicularilor	navicularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nabikuˈlaɾ/ [na.β̞i.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: na‧vi‧cu‧lar

Adjective

navicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural naviculares)

1. (anatomy) navicular

   Synonym: escafoideo

Derived terms

• astragalonavicular
• calcaneonavicular
• cuboideonavicular
• cuneonavicular

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

1. navicular bone

Further reading

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