The organist played Messiaen, and notes of all colors and aromas rained down upon the rapt audience in the nave of the church.
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Nave
//neɪv//
Synonyms for "nave" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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15 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 47 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- anijatë noun (the middle or body of a church)
- nef noun (the middle or body of a church)
Arabic
1 entries- صَحْن noun (the middle or body of a church)
Armenian
1 entries- նավ noun (the middle or body of a church)
Basque
1 entries- habearte noun (the middle or body of a church)
Belarusian
2 entries- неф noun (the middle or body of a church)
- нэф noun (the middle or body of a church)
Breton
1 entries- nev noun (the middle or body of a church)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неф noun (the middle or body of a church)
Catalan
1 entries- nau noun (the middle or body of a church)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 中殿 noun (the middle or body of a church)
Czech
1 entries- loď noun (the middle or body of a church)
Danish
1 entries- skib noun (the middle or body of a church)
Dutch
1 entries- schip noun (the middle or body of a church)
Esperanto
1 entries- navo noun (the middle or body of a church)
Estonian
1 entries- lööv noun (the middle or body of a church)
Finnish
2 entries- laiva noun (the middle or body of a church)
- päälaiva noun (the middle or body of a church)
French
1 entries- nef noun (the middle or body of a church)
Galician
1 entries- nave noun (the middle or body of a church)
Georgian
1 entries- ნეფი noun (the middle or body of a church)
German
1 entries- Schiff noun (the middle or body of a church)
Greek
1 entries- ναυς noun (the middle or body of a church)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְפִינָה noun (the middle or body of a church)
Hungarian
2 entries- hajó noun (the middle or body of a church)
- templomhajó noun (the middle or body of a church)
Ido
1 entries- navo noun (the middle or body of a church)
Irish
2 entries- corp na heaglaise noun (the middle or body of a church)
- meánlann noun (the middle or body of a church)
Italian
1 entries- navata noun (the middle or body of a church)
Japanese
1 entries- 身廊 noun (the middle or body of a church)
Korean
1 entries- 신랑 noun (the middle or body of a church)
Latin
1 entries- nāvis noun (the middle or body of a church)
Latvian
1 entries- ratu rumba noun (the middle or body of a church)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nava noun (the middle or body of a church)
Macedonian
2 entries- брод noun (the middle or body of a church)
- кораб noun (the middle or body of a church)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഹൈക്കല noun (the middle or body of a church)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- midtskip noun (the middle or body of a church)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- midskip noun (the middle or body of a church)
- midtskip noun (the middle or body of a church)
Polish
2 entries- nawa noun (the middle or body of a church)
- nawa główna noun (the middle or body of a church)
Portuguese
1 entries- nave noun (the middle or body of a church)
Romanian
2 entries- naos noun (the middle or body of a church)
- navă noun (the middle or body of a church)
Russian
3 entries- кора́бль noun (the middle or body of a church)
- ладья́ noun (the middle or body of a church)
- неф noun (the middle or body of a church)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- brȏd noun (the middle or body of a church)
- lȃđa noun (the middle or body of a church)
- бро̑д noun (the middle or body of a church)
- ла̑ђа noun (the middle or body of a church)
Slovak
1 entries- loď noun (the middle or body of a church)
Slovene
1 entries- ladja noun (the middle or body of a church)
Spanish
1 entries- nave noun (the middle or body of a church)
Swedish
1 entries- skepp noun (the middle or body of a church)
Tagalog
1 entries- nabe noun (the middle or body of a church)
Turkish
1 entries- kilise ortası noun (the middle or body of a church)
Ukrainian
2 entries- на́ва noun (the middle or body of a church)
- неф noun (the middle or body of a church)
Welsh
1 entries- corff noun (the middle or body of a church)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The nave, transept and aisles of the church have marble floors.
Source: tatoeba (10361112)
The nave is the central part of the church.
Source: tatoeba (11452409)
Mr. Pye crossed the nave, and quitted the cathedral by the cloister door, followed by the choristers.
Source: tatoeba (11849957)
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