nauta

From Proto-Finnic *nauta, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse naut, Swedish nöt (“cattle”)), from Proto-Germanic *nautą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nau‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): nau‧ta

nauta

1. (head of) cattle; cow, bull (animal of the species Bos taurus, regardless of gender or age)
2. synonym of naudanliha (“beef”)

• “nauta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• autan, tauna

nauta

1. indefinite genitive plural of naut

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”). By surface analysis, Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs) +‎ -ta. Doublet of nāvita.

• nauta:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnau̯.ta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaːu̯.ta]
• nautā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnau̯.taː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaːu̯.ta]

nauta m or f (genitive nautae); first declension

1. sailor, seaman, mariner

First-declension noun.

• (poetic): nāvita

• ⇒ Latin: *nautō (see there for further descendants)
• → Catalan: nauta
• → English: -naut
• → Italian: nauta
• → Spanish: nauta

• “nauta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nauta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nauta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “nauta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sailors, rowers: nautae, remiges
    
• “nauta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nauta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

nauta n

1. definite plural of naut

nauta n

1. definite plural of naut

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nauta

1. feminine singular of naut

nauta n

1. genitive plural indefinite of naut

Learned borrowing from Latin nauta, from Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs).^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: nau‧ta

nauta m or f by sense (plural nautas)

1. seaman/seawoman

   Synonym: marinheiro

• aeronauta

• “nauta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈnauta/ [ˈnau̯.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -auta
• Syllabification: nau‧ta

nauta m or f by sense (plural nautas)

1. seaman

• “nauta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025