Meaning

4 senses
  1. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

    Bauchnabel, Nabel

    пупо́кpupók, пупpup

    пупо́кpupók, пупpup

    a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

  2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.

    the center point or middle of something

  3. A navel orange.

  4. (historical)An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Mary wants to get her navel pierced.

    ruМэри хочет сделать пирсинг пупка. — marafon

    deMaria will sich ein Bauchnabelpiercing holen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The hen doesn't have a navel.

  3. Why do koalas not have a navel?

  4. The idiot is amazed by his navel.

  5. Is the pain above or below the navel?

    ruБоль выше или ниже пупка? — corvard

    deSchmerzt es über oder unter dem Nabel? — corvard

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
remnant of umbilical cord:
Русский
By meaning 1
remnant of umbilical cord:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
remnant of umbilical cord:

Origin

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”).

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