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navy^¹

/ˈneɪvi/ US, UK
/ˈnɛjvɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈnæɪvi/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈneve/ Scotland
/-vɪ/ Scotland
/-vi/ Scotland
/ˈneːvi/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪvi

Where it comes from

From Middle English nave, navye, from Anglo-Norman, Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia < nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Persian ناو (nâv, “boat, warship”), Sanskrit नाव (nāva, “ship”), Old English nōwend (“mariner, sailor”). By surface analysis, Latin nav- + -y.

Displaced native Old English sċiphere (literally “ship army”).

noun navies

countable A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel. The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
countable A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.
archaic, countable Any fleet of maritime vessels, and especially the entire fleet of any particular nationality, including vessels that are commercial, military, or both.
Similar: marine
countable, uncountable A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.

adjective more navy · most navy

Having the dark blue colour of navy blue. The cover is as navy as a bruise.
Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy. […] there are chess ships and checker ships and those where acey-deucey is almost the only game, the sailors' own improved version of backgammon. Fliers from the seacoast of Iowa, anxious to be as navy as the rest, are usually the first to pick it up.

Navy^²

proper noun Navea · Naveah · Navee · Naveigh · Navey · Navi

A female given name. President Joe Biden acknowledged his seventh grandchild publicly for the first time on Friday, Hunter's 4-year-old daughter, Navy.
A male given name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dark blue, navy blue, naval forces, fleet, armada, sailor, maritime, warship, naval, seafaring, ship, nautical, shipbuilding, marina, shipping, admiral

Translations

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noun sea force

Español	marina, armada, naval
한국어	해군 haegun, 함대 hamdae
日本語	海軍 kaigun, 艦隊 kantai, ネイヴィー neivī
中文	海軍 /海军 hǎijūn
हिन्दी	नौसेना nausenā, नाविकदल nāvikdal, जलसेना jalsenā, समुद्री सेना samudrī senā
Kiswahili	jeshi la wanamaji, jeshi la majini
Português	marinha
Français	force navale, flotte, marine
Deutsch	Marine, Flotte, Seestreitkräfte
Italiano	marina, marina militare, flotta
Ελληνικά	ναυτικό naftikó, στόλος stólos
Română	marină, flotă, forță navală, marină militară
Русский	вое́нно-морско́й фло́т vojénno-morskój flót, ВМФ VMF, вое́нно-морски́е си́лы vojénno-morskíje síly, ВМС VMS, флот flot
Tiếng Việt	hải quân
العربية	بَحْرِيَّة baḥriyya
עברית	חֵיל יָם kheil yam

noun department

한국어	해군성 haegunseong, 해군부 haegunbu
日本語	海軍 kaigun
Português	marinha
Français	force navale, marine
Deutsch	Marineamt
Română	marină

noun navy blue colour

Español	azul marino, turquí, azul turquí
한국어	감청색 gamcheongsaek
日本語	ネービーブルー neibīburū
Português	azul-marinho
Français	bleu marine
Deutsch	Marineblau
Română	bleumarin
Русский	си́ний sínij
العربية	كُحْلِيّ kuḥliyy

adj having a navy (dark blue) colour — see also light blue, blue

Español	turquí, turquesado
日本語	ネービーブルーの neibīburū no
Português	azul-marinho
Français	bleu marine
Deutsch	marineblau
Română	bleumarin
Русский	тёмно-си́ний tjómno-sínij

adj belonging to the navy

Português	da marinha
Français	naval, marin
Ελληνικά	ναυτικός naftikós
Română	marin, maritim

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@misc{navy_2026,
  title = {navy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/navy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}