Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

navicular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: nav-ic-u-lar
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a boat.

adj

Relating to boats.

noun

A navicular bone.

Example Sentences

"Sooth to say, as far so^([sic]) workmanship alone went, there was much to be desired. Vessels that went "home," looking as if "they'd grow'd in the'oods" — to quote British Jack's description — could not but provoke unfavourable opinion upon our navicular art as a whole."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: naviculaire, nāviculāris, nāvicula, *néh₂us

Inflected Forms

more navicular (comparative) most navicular (superlative) naviculars (plural)

Derived Forms

tibionavicular cuneonavicular talocalcaneonavicular talonavicular

Phrases

navicular abdomen navicular bone navicular disease

Synonyms

cymbiform nautiform scaphoid scaphoid bone os scaphoideum

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

What does navicular mean?: Shaped like a boat.
Where does navicular come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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