navicella

Italian

FWOTD – 30 November 2013

Etymology

From the Latin navicella, from navis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.viˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: na‧vi‧cèl‧la

Noun

navicella f (plural navicelle)

  1. Diminutive of nave: a small ship
    • 1855, Geminiano Mislei, La Vita di Gesù Cristo secondo l’Armonia de’ Quattro Evangeli, Giacinto Marietti, page 112:
      E Pietro scende dalla navicella, e cammina sopra le acque per venire a Gesù: []
      And Peter descends from the boat, and walks over the waters coming to Jesus: []
  2. gondola (of an airship)
    • 2008, Vincenzo Ingarao, India Hotel Otto Sette Zero, La Riflassione, page 166:
      Nel cozzo si sfasciò la navicella dell’aeronave lasciando cadere tutti coloro che la occupavano, tra i quali il comandante.
      The gondola broke apart in the crash, letting all the people who occupied it, among whom was the commander, fall.
  3. incense boat (vessel for incense)
    Synonym: navetta portaincenso
    • 1836, François Pouqueville, translated by A. Francesco Falconetti, La Grecia, Giuseppe Antonelli, page 411:
      [] , somiglava ad una piccola navicella rotonda col coperchio mezzo chiuso; []
      [] , it looked like a small round incense boat with the lid half open; []
  4. spool

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • nauicella (other typography)

Etymology

A diminutive of nāvis

Noun

nāvicella f (genitive nāvicellae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a small ship, a boat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nāvicella nāvicellae
Genitive nāvicellae nāvicellārum
Dative nāvicellae nāvicellīs
Accusative nāvicellam nāvicellās
Ablative nāvicellā nāvicellīs
Vocative nāvicella nāvicellae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old French: nacele
    • French: nacelle
    • Norman: nachelle
    • Picard: nachèle
  • Italian: navicella

References

  • navicella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • navicella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1016.
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