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nave
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?v, IPA(key): /ne?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
- Homophone: knave
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latin n?vis, via a Romance source. Doublet of nef and nau.
Noun
nave (plural naves)
- (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
Derived terms
- double-nave
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English nave, from Old English nafu, from Proto-Germanic *nab? (compare Dutch naaf, German Nabe, Swedish nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h?neb?- (“navel”) (compare Latin umb? (“shield boss”), Latvian naba, Sanskrit ???? (nabhya)).
Noun
nave (plural naves)
- A hub of a wheel.
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2
- 'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods,
- In general synod take away her power;
- Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
- And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven...
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2
- (obsolete) The navel.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene 1:
- Till he faced the slave; / Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, / Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, / And fix'd his head upon our battlements
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene 1:
Related terms
- navel
Translations
Further reading
- nave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Aven, Evan, Neva, Vena, aven, neva, vane
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin n?vis, n?vem.
Noun
nave f (plural naves)
- ship
Aulua
Noun
nave
- water
- (Can we date this quote?) Martin Pavior-Smith, Exploring self-concept and narrator characterisation in Aulua (nave):
- Nave ibtavov ben.
- The water went [=was swept] out [of the house].
- Nave ibtavov ben.
- (Can we date this quote?) Martin Pavior-Smith, Exploring self-concept and narrator characterisation in Aulua (nave):
Further reading
- Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976) (na-??e); ABVD 1 (na-fe), 2 (na-ve), 3 (na-ve)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, from Latin n?vis, n?vem.
Noun
nave f (plural naves)
- ship (watercraft or airship)
- (architecture) nave
Related terms
- navegar
Interlingua
Noun
nave (plural naves)
- ship
Italian
Etymology
From Latin n?vem, accusative of n?vis, from Proto-Italic *naus ~ *n?wis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh?us, derived from the root *(s)neh?- (“to swim, float”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na.ve/
- Hyphenation: nà?ve
Noun
nave f (plural navi)
- ship
Derived terms
- nave costiera
- nave scuola
- navicella
Related terms
- nausea
- nautica
- navale
- navigare
- naviglio
Descendants
- ? Slavomolisano: nava
Anagrams
- vane, vena
Latin
Noun
n?ve
- ablative singular of navis
References
- nave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nawe
- (Northern ME) naff, naffe, naf
Etymology
From Old English nafu, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nab?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?v(?)/
- (Northern) IPA(key): /naf/
Noun
nave (plural naves)
- nave (hub of a wheel)
Related terms
- nauger
- navel
Descendants
- English: nave
- Scots: naff
References
- “n?ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?nave/
Verb
nave
- inflection of navvit:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative
- imperative connegative
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese nave, from Latin n?vis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh?us. Doublet of nau.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avi
Noun
nave f (plural naves)
- ship
- Synonyms: barco, navio
- (architecture) nave, aisle
- (Brazil, slang) car
Derived terms
- astronave
Related terms
- naval
- navegar
- navio
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse hnefi.
Noun
nave (plural naves)
- (Orkney) a clenched fist or a handful
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish naf, naue, from Latin n?vis, n?vem (whence English navigate and navy), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh?us. Cognate with English nave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nabe/, [?na.??e]
Noun
nave f (plural naves)
- ship, vessel (with a concave hull)
- Synonyms: bajel, barco, buque, navío, nao
- craft, spaceship, spacecraft (ellipsis of nave espacial), starship (ellipsis of nave estelar)
- (architecture, religion) nave, aisle
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “nave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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credulous
English
Etymology
Originated in 1576, borrowed from Latin cr?dulus (“that easily believes a thing, credulous”), from cr?d? (“to believe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??d??l?s/, /k??dj?l?s/
Adjective
credulous (comparative more credulous, superlative most credulous)
- Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
- 1934 George Orwell, Burmese Days:
- "The doctor was a small, black, plump man with fuzzy hair and round, credulous eyes."
- 1934 George Orwell, Burmese Days:
- (obsolete) Believed too readily.
Synonyms
- naive, unworldly
- See also: Thesaurus:gullible
Antonyms
- incredulous
- noncredulous
Derived terms
- credulously
- credulousness
Related terms
Translations
References
- credulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. (etymology)
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