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"navy" in seven languages

Meaningnavy

Spanish

armada

/aɾˈmada/

fem.other source · armar 'to arm' (Latin ARMĀRE)

Also marina de guerra.

French

marine

/maʁin/

fem.inherited

Italian

marina

/maˈrina/

fem.inherited

In full, la Marina militare.

Portuguese

marinha

/maˈɾiɲɐ/

fem.inherited

Romanian

marină

/maˈrinə/

fem.borrowed · French marine

Catalan

marina

/məˈɾinə/

fem.inherited

Spain's navy is officially l'Armada.

English

navy

/ˈneɪvi/

other source · Old French navie 'fleet' (Latin NĀVIS 'ship')

English → ItaliannavymarinaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: marine, maritime.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MARĪNAM‘of the sea (from MARE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French and Italian name the navy after the sea; Spanish calls it 'the armed (fleet)' — the armada English borrowed for Spain's fleet.

English relatives: marine, maritime

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In a sentence

  • esSirvió en la Armada.
  • frIl a servi dans la marine.
  • itHa servito in marina.
  • ptEle serviu na Marinha.
  • roA servit în marină.
  • caVa servir a la marina.
  • enHe served in the navy.

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