navel

== English == === Alternative forms === navil (obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === enPR: nā'vəl, IPA(key): /ˈneɪvəl/ (Southern US, obsolete) enPR: nā'bəl, IPA(key): /ˈneɪbəl/ Rhymes: -eɪvəl Homophone: naval === Noun === navel (plural navels) (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. The central part or point of anything; the middle. A navel orange. (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. ==== Synonyms ==== bellybutton/belly button, nave (obsolete), umbilicus, see also Thesaurus:navel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== innie outie === Verb === navel (third-person singular simple present navels, present participle (US) naveling or (UK) navelling, simple past and past participle (US) naveled or (UK) navelled) (literary and poetic) To be in the middle of a landscape. === References === === Anagrams === Alven, Levan, elvan, levan, venal == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch navele, navel, from Old Dutch *navalo, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaː.vəl/ Hyphenation: na‧vel Rhymes: -aːvəl === Noun === navel m (plural navels, diminutive naveltje n) navel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: nawel, nauel === Further reading === navel on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Middle English == === Noun === navel alternative form of navele == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse nafli. === Noun === navel c (anatomy) navel, belly button (figuratively) a navel (hub) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== navelsträng (“umbilical cord”) ==== See also ==== mage (“stomach, belly”) === References === “navel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “navel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “navel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === alven, elvan, laven, valen