Noun: navire
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | navire |
| Plural m | navires |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like navire
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle French navire, from Old French navirie, variant of navilie, probably from Vulgar Latin *navilium (compare Old Occitan navili), alteration of Classical Latin navigium (whence also Old French navoi, navie).
2. Cognates with Catalan nau, Galician nave, Italian nave, Occitan nau, Portuguese navio, Romanian naie, navă, Sicilian navi, Spanish nave. See: Latin Nouns '
navigium', Catalan Nouns '
nau', Galician Nouns '
nave', Italian Nouns '
nave', Portuguese Nouns '
navio', Romanian Nouns '
naie', Spanish Nouns '
nave'.
Verbs referencing "navire"
Italian Nouns
naviglio.
Translations