When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "No way I'm going there".
Source: tatoeba (589610)
Navel
//ˈneɪvəl//
Synonyms for "navel" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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2 entriesholonym
2 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
258 translations across 203 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- шдиху noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Afrikaans
2 entries- naeltjie noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- nawel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Aklanon
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Albanian
1 entries- kërthizë noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Amharic
1 entries- እምብርት noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀμφαλός noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Andi
1 entries- цӏцӏунно noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ao
1 entries- tebela (Chungli) noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Arabic
3 entries- سرة noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- سرّة noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- سُرَّة noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Archi
1 entries- цӏан noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Armenian
1 entries- պորտ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Aromanian
1 entries- buric noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Assamese
3 entries- নাই noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- নাড়ী noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- নাভি noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Asturian
2 entries- embeligru noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- ombligu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Avar
1 entries- цӏину noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Aymara
1 entries- kururu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- göbək noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Baluchi
1 entries- ناپگ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bangi
1 entries- montolu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bashkir
1 entries- кендек noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- pisod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Belarusian
2 entries- пуп noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- пупо́к noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bengali
1 entries- নাভি noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- नाभि noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Big Nambas
1 entries- p'ət noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bislama
1 entries- nabuton noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Borôro
1 entries- künabo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Breton
1 entries- begel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пъп noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Burmese
1 entries- ချက် noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Catalan
2 entries- llombrígol noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- melic noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Central Dusun
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ناوک noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Central Melanau
1 entries- pused noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄚𑄞𑄨 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chamicuro
1 entries- mocho noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chechen
1 entries- цӏонга noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chepang
1 entries- तोय् noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏗᏴᏓᏛᎢ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chichewa
1 entries- mchombo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chinese
2 entries- 肚臍 /肚脐 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- 腹臍 /腹脐 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 肚臍 /肚脐 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- 肚臍窿 /肚脐窿 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 肚臍 /肚脐 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- 肚臍眼 /肚脐眼 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Church Slavic
1 entries- пѫпъ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӑвапа noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Coptic
1 entries- ϧⲉⲗⲡⲓ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Cornish
1 entries- begel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- köbek noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Czech
1 entries- pupek noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Danish
1 entries- navle noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Dupaningan Agta
1 entries- pusad noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Dutch
1 entries- navel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Egyptian
1 entries- X:p-G41-A-F51 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Erzya
1 entries- почо noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Esperanto
1 entries- umbiliko noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Estonian
1 entries- naba noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Faroese
1 entries- nalvi noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Fijian
1 entries- vico noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Finnish
1 entries- napa noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
French
2 entries- nombril noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- ombilic noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Friulian
3 entries- bugnigul noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- umbriçon noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- umbričon noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Galician
2 entries- beligo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- embigo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Georgian
1 entries- ჭიპი noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
German
2 entries- Bauchnabel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- Nabel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Greek
1 entries- αφαλός m ομφαλός noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Greenlandic
1 entries- qalaseq noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Gujarati
2 entries- ડૂંટી noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- નાભિ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 肚臍 /肚脐 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- 肚臍窟 /肚脐窟 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hausa
1 entries- cibiya noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hawaiian
1 entries- piko noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hebrew
2 entries- טַבּוּר noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- פופיק noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hindi
2 entries- नाफ़ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- नाभि noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Hungarian
1 entries- köldök noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Icelandic
1 entries- nafli noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ido
1 entries- umbiliko noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ilocano
1 entries- puseg noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Indonesian
2 entries- pusar noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pusat noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ingrian
1 entries- napa noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ingush
1 entries- цӏонг noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Iranun
1 entries- pused noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Irish
1 entries- imleacán noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ishkashimi
1 entries- ناف noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Italian
2 entries- ombelico noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- onfalo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Japanese
1 entries- 臍 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Javanese
1 entries- tengah noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kaitag
1 entries- зи noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kannada
1 entries- ನಾಭಿ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kapampangan
2 entries- pusad noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pusud noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- киндик noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kazakh
1 entries- кіндік noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thāilúi noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Khmer
1 entries- ផ្ចិត noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kimaragang
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kongo
1 entries- mutolo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Korean
1 entries- 배꼽 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kumyk
1 entries- гинник noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- киндик noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Lao
1 entries- ສາຍບື noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Latgalian
1 entries- pupona noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Latin
1 entries- umbilīcus noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Latvian
1 entries- naba noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Lingala
1 entries- montolu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bamba noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Livonian
1 entries- nabā noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Lotud
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Low German
1 entries- Navel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Lule Sami
1 entries- náhpe noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Macedonian
1 entries- папок noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Malagasy
1 entries- foitra noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Malay
3 entries- pusar noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pusar noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pusat noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Malayalam
1 entries- പൊക്കിൾ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Maltese
1 entries- żokra noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Mansaka
1 entries- posod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Maranao
1 entries- posed noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- buric noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Middle English
1 entries- navel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Mongolian
2 entries- хүй noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- хүйс noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Māori
2 entries- ihonga noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pito noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Nanai
1 entries- хуйму noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Navajo
1 entries- atsʼééʼ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Nepali
1 entries- नाइटो noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ngarrindjeri
1 entries- pulanggi noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Nogai
1 entries- киндик noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Norman
3 entries- naombrin noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- nombrîn noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- nõmbri noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- navik noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Norwegian
1 entries- navle noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Occitan
3 entries- embonilh noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- embonígol noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- monilh noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ojibwe
1 entries- indis noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- пупъ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Oromo
1 entries- hadhuura noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- سره noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- ناف noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- گوبك noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Pashto
2 entries- د نامه غوټه noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- نو noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- Nawwel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Persian
1 entries- ناف noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Nowel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Polish
1 entries- pępek noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Portuguese
1 entries- umbigo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਧੁੰਨੀ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Quechua
3 entries- pupu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- puputi noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- puti noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Romanian
1 entries- buric noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Romansch
1 entries- umbli noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Rungus
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Russian
2 entries- пуп noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- пупо́к noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sabah Bisaya
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sanskrit
2 entries- नाभि noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- नाभी noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Santali
1 entries- ᱵᱩᱠᱟᱹ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sardinian
2 entries- imbílicu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- imbírigu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- imleag noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sebop
1 entries- pucet noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȕpak noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- пу̏пак noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sicilian
1 entries- viḍḍicu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sikkimese
1 entries- ཏི་ཏི noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Slovak
1 entries- pupok noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Slovene
1 entries- pópek noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Somali
1 entries- xudhur noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Southern Altai
1 entries- киндик noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Spanish
3 entries- ombligo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pupo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- pupu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sundanese
1 entries- bujal noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Swahili
1 entries- kitovu noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Swedish
1 entries- navel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠘꠣꠁꠝꠥꠠꠣꠟ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tagal Murut
1 entries- pusor noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tagalog
1 entries- pusod noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tajik
1 entries- ноф noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tamil
3 entries- கொப்பூழ் noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- தொப்புள் noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- பொக்குள் noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tarifit
2 entries- taɛebbuṭ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- tmiṭ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tashelhit
1 entries- abuḍ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tatar
1 entries- кендек noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tausug
1 entries- pusud noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tboli
1 entries- huhed noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Telugu
2 entries- నాభి noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- బొడ్డు noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tetum
1 entries- husar noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Thai
1 entries- สะดือ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྟེ་བ noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Timugon Murut
1 entries- pusor noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kele noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- hap bel noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tooro
1 entries- omukundi class 3 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Turkish
2 entries- göbek noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- göbek deliği noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Turkmen
1 entries- göbek noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Tuvan
1 entries- хиндик noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Udi
1 entries- цӏан noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Udmurt
1 entries- гогы noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎌𐎗 noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пуп noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- пупо́к noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Urdu
2 entries- نابھی noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- ناف noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Uyghur
1 entries- كىندىك noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Uzbek
1 entries- kindik noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Venetan
4 entries- bonigol noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- bonigolo noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- bonigoło noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- bunigol noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Veps
1 entries- naba noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Vietnamese
2 entries- rún noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- rốn noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Vilamovian
1 entries- nowuł noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Volapük
1 entries- numbril noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Võro
1 entries- naba noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Welsh
1 entries- bogail noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- ponsot noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- meendook noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- нофа noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Yakut
1 entries- киин noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Yami
1 entries- pesed noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Yiddish
2 entries- נאָפּל noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
- פּופּיק noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Zhuang
1 entries- saejndw noun (remnant of umbilical cord)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
When I was inside my mother's womb, I looked through my mother's navel at the house where I would be born and I thought: "This won't do".
Source: tatoeba (589624)
Why do koalas not have a navel?
Source: tatoeba (2169759)
She had her navel pierced.
Source: tatoeba (2181968)
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