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(English)

from a Latin word meaning “ship”

Noun

1. a country’s entire sea force, including ships and personnel.

2. a governmental department in charge of a country’s sea force.

3. a dark blue colour, usually called navy blue

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Translations

* Dutch: zeemacht f (1,2), marine f (1,2), marineblauw n (3)

* French: force navale f (1,2), marine f (1,2), bleu marine m (3)

* Greek: ναυτικό n (1)

* Indonesian: angkatan laut (1,2), marinir (1)

* Japanese: 海軍 (かいぐん, kaigun) (1,2), 海兵隊 (かいへいたい, kaiheitai) (1)

* Lithuanian: laivynas m (1, 2)

* Norwegian: marine

* Persian: نیروی دریایی (niruye-daryayi) (1,2)

Adjective

1. belonging to the navy.

2. having a dark blue colour.

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Translations

* Dutch: zeemacht- (1), marine- (1), marineblauw (2)

* French: naval (1), marin (1), bleu marine (2)

* Greek: ναυτικός (1)

* Norwegian: marine (1), marineblå (2)

Related words

See Appendix:Colours

* marine

Etymology

French marine, from Latin marinus, derived from mare “sea”.

It is a French and Latin word.

The noun “navy” has two senses:

1. navy, naval forces — (an organization of military naval forces).

2. dark blue, navy, navy blue — (a dark shade of blue).

–noun, plural -vies.

1. the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.

2. (often initial capital letter) the complete body of such warships together with their officers and enlisted personnel, equipment, yards, etc., constituting the sea power of a nation.

3. (often initial capital letter) the department of government charged with its management.

4. navy blue.

5. Archaic. a fleet of ships.

whole of State’s ships of war with their crews and all the organisation for their maintenance.