different between nival vs naval

English

Etymology

From Latin nivalis, from nix, nivis (“snow”).

Adjective

nival (comparative more nival, superlative most nival)

1. Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

   • 2003, Laszlo Nagy, Georg Grabherr, Christian Körner, Desmond B.A. Thompson, Alpine Biodiversity in Europe, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 406:

     The observed climate warming during the twentieth century has affected alpine vegetation by increasing vascular plant species richness on nival mountain tops […]

   • 2002, Mountain Research and Development:

     It includes the nival mountain top, the moorlands above the timberline, a belt of tropical rainforest, the semihumid footzone of the tertiary volcano, the semiarid high Laikipia Plateau, the escarpment, and the semiarid to arid Samburu Plains.

   • 1971, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts, volume 22, issues 1-6, page 447:

     In this way, the subnival mountain range on the southern facet with its strong solifluction influence (level slope formation) approaches in height the nival mountain range on the northern facet, which is distinguished by its well developed glacial forms.

2. (botany) Found or thriving in snowy conditions.
   • 1914, The Journal of Ecology, page 60:

     In 1884 O. Heer published a comprehensive account of the nival flora of Switzerland, in which he listed 338 species of flowering plants found above 2600 m.; of these, 6 were found above 3900 m.

   • 2013, Rosa Margesin, Franz Schinner, Cold-Adapted Organisms: Ecology, Physiology, Enzymology and Molecular Biology, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 165:

     As can be seen from the present chapter, main problems of adaptation, ecophysiology, ecology and evolutionary biology of the nival fauna were hardly investigated at all.” The early history of explorations of the nival zone in the Alps has been summarized […]

References

• nival in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Alvin, Lavin, Vilna, anvil, vinal

French

Etymology

From Latin nivalis, from nix.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nival (feminine singular nivale, masculine plural nivaux, feminine plural nivales)

1. (attributively) snow

Related terms

• névé
• neige
• nivéal (adjective)
• nivologie

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?va?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

nival (not comparable)

1. nival

Declension

Derived terms

• subnival

Spanish

Adjective

nival (plural nivales)

1. snow; snow

English

Etymology

From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin n?v?lis; equivalent to navy +? -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?'v?l, IPA^(key): /?ne?v?l/
• Homophone: navel
• Rhymes: -e?v?l

Adjective

naval (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Of or relating to a navy.
2. (nautical) Of or relating to ships in general.

Derived terms

• NADEP
• naval base
• naval crown

Related terms

• navy

Translations

Anagrams

• Lavan

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin n?v?lem, accusative singular form of n?v?lis (“of ships”), from n?vis (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /n??val/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /n??bal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /na?val/

Adjective

naval (masculine and feminine plural navals)

1. naval

Related terms

• nau

Further reading

• “naval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “naval” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “naval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “naval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French naval, from Latin n?v?lem, accusative singular form of n?v?lis (“of ships”), from n?vis (“ship”).

Adjective

naval (feminine singular navale, masculine plural navals, feminine plural navales)

1. naval

Derived terms

• chantier naval

Related terms

• navire
• nef

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin n?v?lem, accusative singular form of n?v?lis (“of ships”), from n?vis (“ship”).

Adjective

naval m or f (plural navais)

1. naval

Related terms

• nave

Further reading

• “naval” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin n?v?lem, accusative singular form of n?v?lis (“of ships”), from n?vis (“ship”).

Adjective

naval m or f (plural navais, comparable)

1. naval

Romanian

Etymology

From French naval

Adjective

naval m or n (feminine singular naval?, masculine plural navali, feminine and neuter plural navale)

1. nautical

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin n?v?lem, accusative singular form of n?v?lis (“of ships”), from n?vis (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?bal/, [na???al]
• Homophone: nabal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

naval (plural navales)

1. (nautical) naval (of or relating to a navy)

Derived terms

• aeronaval

Related terms

• nave
• navegar
• navío

Further reading

• “naval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• lavan