navire

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).

Cognates with Catalan nau, Galician nave, Italian nave, Occitan nau, Portuguese navio, Romanian naie, navă, Sicilian navi, Spanish nave.

• IPA^(key): /na.viʁ/

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navire m (plural navires)

1. ship

   Synonyms: bateau (“boat”), vaisseau (“ship”)

• “navire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• avenir, enivra

From Old French navirie, navilie.

navire m or f (plural navires)

1. ship

• nef

• French: navire