adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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nô′tĭ-kəl
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈnɔː.tɪ.kl̩]
General-American:/ˈnɔ.tɪ.kəl/
General-American:[ˈnɔ.ɾɪ.kl̩]
cot-caught-merger:/ˈnɑ.tɪ.kəl/
cot-caught-merger:[ˈnɑ.ɾɪ.kl̩]
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Australian:/ˈnoː.tɪ.kəl/
Australian:[ˈnoː.ɾɪ.kl̩]
CMU ARPABET:N AO1 T AH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
nautical charts
I was mostly unfamiliar with the nautical terms used in the sailing documentary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
nautical charts
maritime law
marine insurance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maritime, marine
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nautique + -al, from Latin nauticus (“of or relating to sailors”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بَحْرِيّ
(baḥriyy)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Belarusian:
марскі́
(marskí)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Bulgarian:
мо́рски
(mórski)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Bulgarian:
мореплава́телен
(moreplavátelen)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Catalan:
nàutic
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Chinese Mandarin:
海上的
(hǎishàng de)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Chinese Mandarin:
航海的
(hánghǎide)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Danish:
nautisk
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Dutch:
nautisch
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Esperanto:
naŭtika
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Finnish:
merenkulullinen
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Finnish:
meri-
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Finnish:
merenkulku-
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Finnish:
nauttinen
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
French:
nautique
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Galician:
náutico
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
German:
nautisch
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Greek:
ναυτικός
(naftikós)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ancient Greek:
ναυτικός
(nautikós)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Hebrew:
יַמִּי
(yamí)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ido:
marala
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ido:
navigala
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ido:
marista
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ido:
navana
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ido:
navala
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Italian:
nautico
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Japanese:
航海の
(kōkai no)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Japanese:
海事の
(kaiji no)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Norwegian Bokmål:
nautisk
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nautisk
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Polish:
morski
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Polish:
żeglarski
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Portuguese:
náutico
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Punjabi:
ਜਹਾਜ਼ੀ
(jahāzī)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Russian:
морско́й
(morskój)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Russian:
навигацио́нный
(navigaciónnyj)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Russian:
морехо́дный
(morexódnyj)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Russian:
морепла́вательный
(moreplávatelʹnyj)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Spanish:
náutico
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Swedish:
nautisk
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ukrainian:
морськи́й
(morsʹkýj)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Ukrainian:
морехо́дний
(morexódnyj)
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
Welsh:
morwrol
— relating to ships, shipping, navigation, and seamen
