navette
See also: navetté
English
Etymology
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəˈvɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
navette (plural navettes)
- A shuttle bus in France.
- 2009, Kiratiana Freelon, Kiratiana's Travel Guide to Black Paris (page 45)
- To catch the Roissybus from Terminal 1, take the navette from door 22 (line 2) […]
- 2009, Kiratiana Freelon, Kiratiana's Travel Guide to Black Paris (page 45)
- A kind of grape that grows in summer.
- 1831, George Don, A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
- The summer Navette is less cultivated than the Coleseed, being less prolific, the seeds being much smaller.
- 1831, George Don, A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
Anagrams
- vanette
French
Etymology
From Latin nāvis (“ship”) + -ette (referring to the boat-like shape of a shuttle).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.vɛt/
Audio (file)
Noun
navette f (plural navettes)
- shuttle (in weaving)
- shuttle (land vehicle)
- shuttle (space vehicle)
Derived terms
- faire la navette
- navette spatiale
Related terms
- navet
- naviguer
- navire
Descendants
- → Portuguese: naveta
- → Romanian: navetă
Verb
navette
- inflection of navetter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “navette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- éventât
Italian
Noun
navette f
- plural of navetta
Anagrams
- vattene, ventate