NAVAL
What does "NAVAL" mean?
Relating to a navy, warships, or naval warfare.
Meanings
- Of or belonging to a navy or its operations. The two countries held a joint naval exercise off the coast.
Did you know?
- 'Naval' (of ships) and 'navel' (belly button) sound identical but come from unrelated roots - one from Latin 'navis', a ship, the other from an old word for the body's center.
Word origin
From Latin 'navalis', 'pertaining to ships', from 'navis', 'ship' - the same root behind 'navy', 'navigate', and 'nave'.
Remember it
NAVAL has an 'A' for Armada; its homophone NAVEL has an 'E' for the body. A for armies at sea, E for the belly.
A little poem
Grey hulls draw a seam across the bay-
the sea keeps neither side, and takes away.
couplet
Wordplay
- A naval officer and a navel orange walked into a bar - the bartender couldn't tell which one came from the fleet.
What it teaches
Two words can sound the same and share no blood - listen for the spelling under the sound.
Quick facts
What does NAVAL mean?
Relating to a navy, warships, or naval warfare.
Is NAVAL a valid word?
Yes — NAVAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is NAVAL?
NAVAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does NAVAL come from?
From Latin 'navalis', 'pertaining to ships', from 'navis', 'ship' - the same root behind 'navy', 'navigate', and 'nave'.
What can NAVAL teach us?
Two words can sound the same and share no blood - listen for the spelling under the sound.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.