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ネーブル

also: ネイブル

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Meanings

1

noun

abbreviation

Abbreviation of ネーブルオレンジ. Refers specifically to the fruit, not the body part.

See also: ネーブルオレンジ

冬ふゆになると、ネーブルが店てん頭とうに並ならぶ。
In winter, navel oranges appear in stores.

2

noun

Direct loanword for 'navel' (body part). Less common than native terms like へそ.

Written forms

ネーブルUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the loanword 'navel'.
ネイブル
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana variant; it has irregular kana usage.

Similar words

へそ
The standard Japanese word for 'navel' (body part). ネーブル is a loanword and much less common in this sense.
ネーブルオレンジ
Full form of the fruit name. ネーブル is the common abbreviation.

「ネーブル」は英えい語ごの「navel」から来きているが、体からだのへそを指さすことは少すくない。
ネーブル comes from English 'navel', but it rarely refers to the body part.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'navel'. The fruit sense is an abbreviation of ネーブルオレンジ (navel orange).