Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Shuttle (wie z.B. Raumfähre)
, 🇪🇸 transbordador
, 🇮🇹 navetta
, 🇵🇹 nave espacial
, 🇨🇳 穿梭机
, 🇯🇵 シャトル（例えば宇宙船）
, 🇰🇷 셔틀（예를 들어 우주선）
, 🇸🇦 مركبة شحن (مثل مركبة الفضاء)
, 🇮🇳 शटल (उदाहरण के लिए अंतरिक्ष यान)
Usage Examples
- La navette de l'aéroport relie le terminal 1 au terminal 2.
- Les élèves prennent la navette scolaire pour se rendre à l'école.
- Le scientifique a testé la nouvelle navette spatiale avant le lancement.
Etymology
"Navette" is a diminutive form of the Latin *navis* “ship,” passed into Old French as *navet* meaning “little boat.” The suffix *‑ette* signals a smaller or more delicate version. First attested in the 15th century, the word originally described a small boat and later broadened metaphorically to any shuttle or transport that moves back and forth, such as a shuttle bus or space shuttle.
Synonyms
navette routière
minibus
bus
autocar
véhicule de transport
transport collectif
Antonyms
bus
voiture
train
taxi
piéton
