nautical

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/ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl/

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/ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl/ · [ˈnɔː.tɪ.kl̩] · /ˈnɔ.tɪ.kəl/ · [ˈnɔ.ɾɪ.kl̩] · /ˈnɑ.tɪ.kəl/ · [ˈnɑ.ɾɪ.kl̩] · /ˈnoː.tɪ.kəl/ · [ˈnoː.ɾɪ.kl̩]

Definition of nautical

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adj

(not-comparable, usually)Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

“nautical charts”
“I was mostly unfamiliar with the nautical terms used in the sailing documentary.”
“The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]”

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Borrowed from Middle French nautique + -al, from Latin nauticus (“of or relating to sailors”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).

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