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-naut

-naut suffix: forms nouns meaning voyager or traveller.

Suffix

-naut (noun-forming suffix, plural -nauts)

  1. Forms nouns meaning voyager or traveller

Forms of -naut

plural-nauts

Origin of -naut

From Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

Questions about -naut

What does -naut mean?
-naut means forms nouns meaning voyager or traveller.
What part of speech is -naut?
-naut is a suffix.

Words near -naut in the dictionary

  1. -nados
  2. -nakinra
  3. -nap
  4. -nast
  5. -nasty
  6. -naut
  7. -nauts
  8. -navir
  9. -nd
  10. -ne
  11. -ne-

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