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 (compare West Frisian nâle, Dutch navel, German Nabel), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (compare Old Irish imbliu, Latin umbilīcus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), Persian ناف (nâf), Kurdish navik, Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi)), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ-. Doublet of omphalos. More at nave. === 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 == === Alternative forms === navele, navill, navyll, navle, naule, nawle, novel, novle, novele, nowle === Etymology === From Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabulô; compare nave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaːvəl(ə)/ === Noun === navel (plural naveles) navel (of a human or animal) centre, point, hub ==== Descendants ==== English: navel Scots: nyvel ==== References ==== “nāvel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == 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 (SO) navel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) navel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === alven, elvan, laven, valen