nautical

• naut. (abbreviation)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.tɪ.kəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.tɪ.kəl/, [ˈnɔ.ɾɪ.kl̩]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.tɪ.kəl/, [ˈnɑ.ɾɪ.kl̩]

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nautical (not generally comparable, comparative more nautical, superlative most nautical)

1. 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.

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