navy
A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnelA country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
» My father was in the navy.
Mein Vater war in der Marine.
Мой отец служил во флоте.
Отец служил во флоте.
Мій батько служив у флоті.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel.
People who get seasick easily shouldn't join the navy.
Marine, Flotte, Seestreitkräfte
вое́нно-морско́й фло́тvojénno-morskój flót, ВМФVMF, вое́нно-морски́е си́лыvojénno-morskíje síly
флотflot, військо́во-морськи́й флотvijsʹkóvo-morsʹkýj flot, ВМФVMF
(countable)A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
Marineamt
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
(countable, uncountable)A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
Marineblau
си́нийsínij
темно-синій колірtemno-synij kolir
a dark shade of blue
(archaic, countable)Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
Examples
113 sentencesMy father was in the navy.
Мій батько служив у флоті. — deniko
ruМой отец служил во флоте. — Wezel
deMein Vater war in der Marine. — raggione
I joined the navy.
Я вступив на службу до флоту. — deniko
ruЯ поступил на службу во флот. — odexed
deIch trat in die Marine ein. — Yorwba
Tom wanted to join the navy.
deTom wollte zur Marine. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom plans to stay in the navy.
Mary was wearing a navy blue dress.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia <From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia < nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”), Sanskrit नाव (nāva, “ship”), Old English nōwend (“mariner, sailor”). By surface analysis, Latin nav- + -y.
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Forms
plural: naviesSynonyms
7 synonyms- an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare:naval forces
- a dark shade of blue:dark bluenavy blue
- the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces:United States NavyUS NavyUSN
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable