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boat
English
Etymology
From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English b?t (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *bait? (“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd- (“to break, split”). Cognate with Old Norse beit (“boat”), Middle Dutch beitel (“little boat”).
Old Norse bátr (whence Icelandic bátur, Norwegian båt, Danish båd), Dutch boot, German Boot, Occitan batèl and French bateau are all ultimately borrowings from the Old English word.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?t, IPA(key): /b??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- (General American) enPR: b?t, IPA(key): /bo?t/
Noun
boat (plural boats)
- A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- (poker slang) A full house.
- A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
- (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
- (Australia, politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
Usage notes
- There is no explicit limit, but the word boat usually refers to a relatively small watercraft, smaller than a ship but larger than a dinghy. It is also the normal designation for a submarine (however large), and also for lakers (ships used in the Great Lakes trade in North America).
Synonyms
- (craft on or in water): craft, ship, vessel
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- Esperanto: boato
- Dhivehi: ????? (b??u)
- Fijian: boto
- Hijazi Arabic: ???? (b?t)
- Japanese: ??? (b?to)
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: boet (Norfuk)
- Sinhalese: ???????? (b???uwa)
- Swahili: boti
- Scots: boat, bote (compare native bait, bate)
- Tahitian: poti
- Tok Pisin: bot
See also
- Category:Watercraft
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Verb
boat (third-person singular simple present boats, present participle boating, simple past and past participle boated)
- (intransitive) To travel by boat.
- (transitive) To transport in a boat.
- to boat goods
- (transitive) To place in a boat.
- to boat oars
Translations
Anagrams
- Bato, Tabo, atob, btoa
Finnish
Noun
boat
- nominative plural of boa
Anagrams
- abot
Latin
Verb
boat
- third-person singular present active indicative of bo?
Malay
Alternative forms
- buat
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buat/
- Rhymes: -uat, -wat, -at
Verb
boat (1701, used in the form berboat)
- Obsolete form of buat.
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo??t/
Noun
boat n (plural boaten, diminutive boatsje or boatke)
- boat
Derived terms
- stoomboat
- ûnderseeboat
Further reading
- “boat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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navel
English
Alternative forms
- navil (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabul?, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (compare West Frisian nâle, Dutch navel, German Nabel), from Proto-Indo-European *h?nób??l (compare Old Irish imbliu, Latin umbilicus, Ancient Greek ??????? (omphalós)), diminutive of *h?nob?-, equivalent to nave +? -el (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of omphalos. More at nave.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?'v?l, IPA(key): /?ne?v?l/
- Rhymes: -e?v?l
- Homophone: naval
Noun
navel (plural navels)
- (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
- The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- A navel orange.
- 1981, Peter K. Thor, Edward V. Jesse, Economic Effects of Terminating Federal Marketing Orders for California-Arizona Oranges
- This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there.
- 1981, Peter K. Thor, Edward V. Jesse, Economic Effects of Terminating Federal Marketing Orders for California-Arizona Oranges
- (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
Synonyms
- bellybutton/belly button, nave (obsolete), umbilicus, see also Thesaurus:navel
Derived terms
- navel-gazing
- navel orange
Translations
See also
- innie
- outie
Anagrams
- Alven, Levan, elvan, levan, venal
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch navele, navel, from Old Dutch *navalo, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?.v?l/
- Hyphenation: na?vel
- Rhymes: -a?v?l
Noun
navel m (plural navels, diminutive naveltje n)
- navel
Derived terms
- navelpiercing
- navelstreng
- naveltrui
Descendants
- Afrikaans: nawel, nauel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- navele, navill, navyll, navle, naule, nawle, novel, novle, novele, nowle
Etymology
From Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabul?, from Proto-Germanic *nabulô; compare nave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?v?l(?)/
Noun
navel (plural naveles)
- navel (of a human or animal)
- centre, point, hub
Descendants
- English: navel
- Scots: nyvel
References
- “n?vel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse nafli.
Noun
navel c
- navel
Declension
Anagrams
- alven, elvan, laven, valen
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