noun, feminine/ˈnabe/plural: naves
ship, vessel (with a concave hull); ellipsis of nave espacial (“craft, spaceship, spacecraft”) or nave estelar (“starship”); nave, aisle
Synonyms: bajel, barco, buque, navío, nao
Inherited from Old Spanish naf, naue, from Latin nāvem, nāvis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with English nave, navigate, and navy.