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naval

/ˈneɪvəl/

naval adjective: of or relating to a navy.

Adjective

naval (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a navy.
    • Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87
  2. Of or relating to ships in general.
    • naval architect

Proper noun capitalized: Naval

Naval (plural Navals)

  1. A surname
  2. A municipality, the capital of Biliran, Eastern Visayas, Philippines.

naval meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

naval in Hindi

of or relating to a navy
नौसैनिक nausainik

naval in Tamil

கடற்படைக்கான

naval in Urdu

naval, nautical
جہازی jahāzī

naval in Bengali

জাহাজী
More languagesFewer languages
naval in Malayalam
നാവികമായ, കപ്പലുകളെയോ കപ്പൽപ്പടയെയോ സംബന്ധിച്ച
naval in Kannada
ಹಡಗುಪಡೆಯ
naval in Vietnamese
hải quân, tàu bè

Examples of naval in a sentence

  • The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals.
  • Anglo-German naval rivalry was a contributing factor to the First World War.
  • The ship hit a naval mine and sank with all hands.

All 40 example sentences with naval

Forms of naval

pluralNavals

Origin of naval

From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis; equivalent to navy + -al.

Words formed from naval

Phrases with naval

Words that rhyme with naval

Questions about naval

What does naval mean?
Naval means of or relating to a navy.
What is naval in Hindi?
Naval in Hindi is नौसैनिक (nausainik). See Naval meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is naval?
Naval can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce naval?
Naval is pronounced /ˈneɪvəl/.

Words near naval in the dictionary

  1. navajoite
  2. Navajoland
  3. Navajoness
  4. Navajos
  5. navajuela
  6. naval
  7. naval architect
  8. naval architects
  9. naval base
  10. naval bases
  11. naval brigade

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: naval (page history and authors); Naval (page history and authors); naval (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جہازی (Urdu) (page history and authors); naval (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); naval (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); naval (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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