naviglio

Italian

Alternative forms
  • navile, navilio (archaic, only in the sense of “vessel, ship”)

Etymology

From Latin nāvigium (with a change of suffix), or through a Late Vulgar Latin form *nāvilium (compare French navire (Old French navilie), Old Occitan navili). Doublet of navigio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naˈviʎ.ʎo/
  • Rhymes: -iʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: na‧vì‧glio

Noun

naviglio m (plural navigli)

  1. (nautical, uncommon) vessel, ship, boat
    Synonyms: nave, (archaic) navigio, vascello
  2. (nautical) fleet
    Synonym: flotta
  3. (nautical) waterway, canal
    Synonym: canale

Derived terms

Further reading
  • naviglio1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • naviglio2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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