different between navigable vs portolan

English

Etymology

From Middle French navigable, from Latin navigabilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næv???b?l/

Adjective

navigable (comparative more navigable, superlative most navigable)

1. (of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
2. (of a boat) Seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
3. (of a balloon) Steerable, dirigible.
4. Easy to navigate.

Synonyms

• navigatable (possibly nonstandard)

Antonyms

• unnavigable

Derived terms

• keyboard-navigable
• navigability

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• navigable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• navigable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• navigable at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

From naviguer +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.vi.?abl/

Adjective

navigable (plural navigables)

1. navigable

Further reading

• “navigable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From French portulan, from Italian portolano.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??t?l?n/

Noun

portolan (plural portolans)

1. (historical, nautical) A chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts. [from 18th c.]
   • 2012, Simon Garfield, On the Map, Profile Books 2012, p. 110:

     Portolans are as old as the European mariner's magnetic compass, and for about two centuries the two depended on each other for the growth and safe passage of Mediterranean trade.

Translations

Alternative forms

• portolano
• portulan

Anagrams

• pronotal