noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of swimming
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
natation
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/nəˈteɪ.ʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
the act of someone who floats on the water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: floating
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swimming, swim
Narrower terms: dead-man's float, prone float
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh2- Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh2ti Proto-Italic *(s)nāō Latin nō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin natō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin natātiōbor. English natation Borrowed from Latin natātiō.
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