navicella

Italian

FWOTD – 30 November 2013

Etymology

From the Latin navicella, from navis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.viˈt͡ʃɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: na‧vi‧cèl‧la

Noun

navicella f (plural navicelle)

1. diminutive of nave: a small ship
   • 1855, Geminiano Mislei, La Vita di Gesù Cristo secondo l’Armonia de’ Quattro Evangeli, Giacinto Marietti, page 112:

     E Pietro scende dalla navicella, e cammina sopra le acque per venire a Gesù: […]

     And Peter descends from the boat, and walks over the waters coming to Jesus: […]

2. gondola (of an airship)
   • 2008, Vincenzo Ingarao, India Hotel Otto Sette Zero, La Riflassione, page 166:

     Nel cozzo si sfasciò la navicella dell’aeronave lasciando cadere tutti coloro che la occupavano, tra i quali il comandante.

     The gondola broke apart in the crash, letting all the people who occupied it, among whom was the commander, fall.

3. incense boat (vessel for incense)

   Synonym: navetta portaincenso

   • 1836, François Pouqueville, translated by A. Francesco Falconetti, La Grecia, Giuseppe Antonelli, page 411:

     […] , somiglava ad una piccola navicella rotonda col coperchio mezzo chiuso; […]

     […] , it looked like a small round incense boat with the lid half open; […]

4. spool

Derived terms

• navicella spaziale

Related terms

• nave

Anagrams

• cavalline

Latin

Alternative forms

• nauicella (other typography)

Etymology

A diminutive of nāvis

Noun

nāvicella f (genitive nāvicellae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a small ship, a boat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nāvicella	nāvicellae
Genitive	nāvicellae	nāvicellārum
Dative	nāvicellae	nāvicellīs
Accusative	nāvicellam	nāvicellās
Ablative	nāvicellā	nāvicellīs
Vocative	nāvicella	nāvicellae

Synonyms

• navicula

Descendants

• Old French: nacele
  • French: nacelle
  • Norman: nachelle
  • Picard: nachèle
• Italian: navicella

References

• “navicella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• navicella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1016.