navy

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English

Etymology

From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia < nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”), Sanskrit नाव (nāva, “ship”), Old English nōwend (“mariner, sailor”).

Displaced native Old English sċiphere (literally “ship army”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪvi/
• Rhymes: -eɪvi

Noun

navy (countable and uncountable, plural navies)

2. (countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.

4. (countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
6. (archaic, countable) Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.

   Synonym: (archaic) marine

8. (countable and uncountable) A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.

Derived terms

• (fleet of any particular nationality): merchant navy

Translations

Adjective

navy (comparative more navy, superlative most navy)

2. Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
4. (military) Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.

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See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English navy. See also the related navío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneibi/ [ˈnei̯.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -eibi

Noun

navy m (uncountable)

1. navy (marine forces)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.