different between navel vs bellybutton

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)

1. (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
3. 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.

4. (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)

1. 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)

1. navel (of a human or animal)
2. 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

1. navel

Declension

Anagrams

• alven, elvan, laven, valen

English

Alternative forms

• belly button

Etymology

belly +? button

Noun

bellybutton (plural bellybuttons)

1. (informal) The navel or umbilicus.

Translations