Navel

Na′vel

(nā′v’l)

,

Noun.

[AS.

nafela

, fr.

nafu

nave; akin to D.

navel

, G.

nabel

, OHG.

nabolo

, Icel.

nafli

, Dan.

navle

, Sw.

nafle

, L.

umbilicus

, Gr.

ὀμφαλός

, Skr.

nābhīla

. √260. See

hub, and cf.

,

,

.]

1.

(Anat.)

A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also

belly button

in humans. See

Umbilicus

.

2.

The central part or point of anything; the middle.

Within the

navel

of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.

Milton.

3.

(Gun.)

An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Navel gall

,

a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.

Johnson.

–

Navel point

.

(Her.)

Same as

Nombril

.

Navel

NAVEL

,

Noun.

The center of the lower part of the abdomen, or the point where the umbilical cord passes out of the fetus. The umbilical cord is a collection of vessels by which the fetus of an animal communicates with the parent by means of the placenta, to which it is attached.

navel

English

A navel.

Alternative forms

navil (obsolete)

Noun

navel ‎(plural navels)

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- John Milton
  Within the navel of this hideous wood,
  Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
  We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]
(historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

Synonyms

belly button, nave (obsolete), umbilicus, see also Wikisaurus:navel

Derived terms

Translations

remnant of umbilical cord

Adyghe: шдиху ‎(šdix°)
Albanian: kërthizë (sq) f
Arabic: سُرَّة f ‎(surra)
Egyptian Arabic: سرة f ‎(sora)
Armenian: պորտ (hy) ‎(port)
Aromanian: buric
Asturian: embeligru (ast) m, ombligu (ast) m
Avar: цӀин ‎(cӀin)
Aymara: kururu
Azeri: göbək (az)
Baluchi: ناپگ ‎(nápag)
Bashkir: кендек ‎(kendek)
Belarusian: пупо́к m ‎(pupók), пуп m ‎(pup)
Bengali: নাভি ‎(nabhi)
Berber:
Tashelhit: abuḍ m
Borôro: künabo
Breton: begel (br)
Bulgarian: пъп m ‎(pǎp)
Burmese: ချက် (my) ‎(hkyak)
Catalan: melic (ca) m, llombrígol (ca) m
Chamicuro: mocho
Chechen: цӀонга ‎(cʿonga)
Chichewa: mchombo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 肚臍 (zh), 肚脐 (zh) ‎(dùqí), 臍 (zh), 脐 (zh) ‎(qí)
Coptic: ϧⲉⲗⲡⲓ f ‎(xelbi, xelpi)
Cornish: begel m
Czech: pupek (cs) m
Danish: navle (da) c
Dupaninan Agta: pusad
Dutch: navel (nl) m
Erzya: почо ‎(počo)
Esperanto: umbiliko (eo)
Estonian: naba (et)
Faroese: nalvi m
Fijian: vico
Finnish: napa (fi)
French: nombril (fr) m
Friulian: umbriçon m, umbričon, bugnigul m
Galician: embigo (gl) m
Georgian: ჭიპი ‎(č̣iṗi)
German: Bauchnabel (de) m, Nabel (de) m
Greek: ομφαλός (el) m ‎(omfalós)
Guaraní: puru'â
Gujarati: નાભિ (gu) ‎(nābhi)
Hawaiian: piko
Hebrew: טבור (he) ‎(tabúr)
Hindi: नाभि (hi) f ‎(nābhi), नाफ़ f ‎(nāf)
Hungarian: köldök (hu)
Icelandic: nafli (is) m
Ido: umbiliko (io)
Ilocano: puseg
Indonesian: pusat (id), pusar (id)
Irish: imleac f
Ishkashimi: ناف ‎(nāf)
Italian: ombelico (it) m, (unusual) onfalo m
Japanese: 臍 (ja) ‎(へそ, heso)
Kannada: ನಾಭಿ (kn) ‎(nābhi)
Kazakh: кіндік ‎(kindik)
Khmer: ផ្ចិត (km) ‎(pcət)
Korean: 배꼽 (ko) ‎(baekkop)

Kumyk: гинник ‎(ginnik)
Kurdish: navik (ku) f
Kyrgyz: киндик ‎(kindik)
Lao: ສາຍບື (lo) ‎(sāi bư̄)
Latgalian: pupona
Latin: umbilicus m
Latvian: naba
Lithuanian: bamba
Livonian: nabā
Lule Sami: náhpe
Macedonian: папок m ‎(papok)
Malay: pusat, pusar, pusar
Malayalam: പൊക്കിള്‍ ‎(pokkiḷ‍)
Maltese: żokra f
Maori: pito, ihonga
Mongolian: хүйс (mn) ‎(hüjs), хүй (mn) ‎(hüj)
Navajo: atsʼééʼ
Nepali: नाइटो ‎(nāiṭo)
Ngarrindjeri: pulanggi
Norman: nombrîn m (Jersey), naombrin m (Guernsey), nõmbri m (Sark)
Norwegian: navle m
Occitan: embonilh (oc), monilh (oc), embonígol
Ottoman Turkish: ناف ‎(nâf), گوبك ‎(göbek)
Persian: ناف (fa) ‎(nâf)
Polish: pępek (pl) m
Portuguese: umbigo (pt) m
Quechua: puti
Romanian: buric (ro) n
Russian: пупо́к (ru) m ‎(pupók), пуп (ru) m ‎(pup)
Sanskrit: नाभि (sa) f ‎(nābhi), नाभी (sa) f ‎(nābhī)
Sardinian: imbílicu, imbírigu
Scottish Gaelic: imleag f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: пу̏пак m

Roman: pȕpak (sh) m
Slovak: pupok m
Slovene: pópek (sl) m
Spanish: ombligo (es) m
Swahili: ^{(please verify)}kitovu (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: navel (sv) c
Tagalog: pusod
Tajik: ноф ‎(nof)
Tamil: தொப்புள் (ta) ‎(toppuḷ)
Tatar: кендек (tt) ‎(kendek)
Telugu: నాభి (te) ‎(nābhi), బొడ్డు (te) ‎(boḍḍu)
Thai: สะดือ (th) ‎(sà-deu)
Turkish: göbek (tr)
Turkmen: göbek
Tuvan: хиндик ‎(hïndïk)
Udmurt: гогы ‎(gogy)
Ukrainian: пупо́к m ‎(pupók), пуп m ‎(pup)
Urdu: نابھی f ‎(nābhi), ناف f ‎(nāf)
Uzbek: kindik (uz)
Venetian: bonigolo m, bonigol, bunigolo m, bunigol, bonigoło
Veps: naba
Vietnamese: rốn (vi), rún (vi)
Vilamovian: nowuł m
Volapük: numbril
Võro: naba
Welsh: bogail
Yakut: киин ‎(kiin)
Yiddish: פּופּיק m ‎(pupik), נאָפּל m ‎(popl)

Anagrams

Alven, venal

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch navele, navel, from Old Dutch *navalo, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô.

Noun

navel m ‎(plural navels, diminutive naveltje n)

navel

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse nafli.

Noun

navel c

navel

Declension

Declension of navel

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	navel	naveln	navlar	navlarna
genitive	navels	navelns	navlars	navlarnas

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Navel

NAVEL

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