nave
Portuguese, noun/ˈna.vi/
nave is spelled N-A-V-E (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nave is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do templo destinado aos fiéis”.
What does nave mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineship
- 2
femininenave, aisle
- 3
Brazilfeminineslangcar
- 4
colloquialfeminineellipsis of nave espacial (“spaceship”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do templo destinado aos fiéis 2. espaço longitudinal entre duas fileiras de colunas 3. navio; nau 4. espaçonave
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nave
- naves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nave?
- Brazil /ˈna.vi/
- Portugal /ˈna.vɨ/
- Portugal /ˈna.bɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nave in Portuguese?
nave appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).