different between cymbiform vs navicular

English

Etymology

Latin cymba (“boat”), +? -iform.

Adjective

cymbiform (comparative more cymbiform, superlative most cymbiform)

1. Shaped like a boat.
2. (botany) Elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as in the glumes of many grasses.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin n?vicul?ris (“boat shaped”), from Latin n?vicula, diminutive of n?vis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh?us.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)

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

Noun

navicular (plural naviculars)

1. (anatomy) A navicular bone.

Synonyms

• scaphoid

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin n?vicul?ris (“boat shaped”), from Latin n?vicula, diminutive of n?vis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh?us.

Noun

navicular m (plural naviculares)

1. (anatomy) navicular bone

Hypernyms

• osso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nabiku?la?/, [na.??i.ku?la?]

Adjective

navicular (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.