navicular

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

navicular (comparative more navicular, superlative most navicular)

1. Shaped like a boat.

   Synonyms: cymbiform, nautiform, scaphoid

2. Relating to boats.
   • 1874, The Canadian Monthly and National Review, volume 5, page 469:

     Sooth to say, as far so workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole.

navicular (plural naviculars)

1. (anatomy) A navicular bone.

• scaphoid

Learned borrowing from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

navicular m (plural naviculares)

1. (anatomy) navicular bone

• osso

Borrowed from French naviculaire.

navicular m or n (feminine singular naviculară, masculine plural naviculari, feminine and neuter plural naviculare)

1. (anatomy) navicular

• IPA^(key): /nabikuˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: na‧vi‧cu‧lar

navicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural naviculares)

1. (anatomy) navicular

   Synonym: escafoideo

navicular m (plural naviculares)

1. navicular bone

• “navicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024