different between navigation vs navigable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French navigation, from Latin n?vig?ti?nem, accusative singular of n?vig?ti? (“sailing, navigation”), from n?vig?tus, perfect passive participle of n?vig? (“sail”).Morphologically navigate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næv???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

navigation (usually uncountable, plural navigations)

1. (uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship or (colloquially) road vehicle.
2. (uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping.
3. (countable) A canal.

Derived terms

• navigation light
• radionavigation

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?vig?ti?nem, accusative singular of n?vig?ti? (“sailing, navigation”), from n?vig?tus, perfect passive participle of n?vig? (“sail”). Surface etymology is naviguer +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.vi.?a.sj??/

Noun

navigation f (plural navigations)

1. navigation

Related terms

• naviguer

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin n?vig?ti?, attested from 1680.

Noun

navigation c (uncountable)

1. navigation

Declension

References

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).