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navă
ship (vessel) /ˈna.və/
noun#490 most common
Also: vessel, craft (as in spacecraft)
Example sentences
Nava este mare.
The ship is big.
Vedem o navă pe mare.
We see a ship on the sea.
Nava spațială a ajuns pe orbită.
The spaceship reached orbit.
Căpitanul navei a dat ordinul de plecare.
The ship's captain gave the order to depart.
Navele de croazieră aduc mii de turiști în port în fiecare vară.
Cruise ships bring thousands of tourists to the port every summer.
Deși nava fusese avariată în furtună, echipajul a reușit să o aducă în siguranță la mal.
Although the ship had been damaged in the storm, the crew managed to bring it safely to shore.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | navă | nave |
| Genitive | nave | nave |
| Accusative | navă | nave |
| Vocative | navă | nave |
Word family
navalnaval, relating to ships
a navigato sail, to navigate
navigatornavigator, sailor
navigațienavigation, shipping
Etymology
Romanian borrowed navă from French navire, itself descended from Latin navis, meaning ship. The word entered Romanian during the nineteenth century as the language modernized its vocabulary for shipping and the military along French models. Latin navis in turn traces back to a very old Indo-European word for boat or ship.
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