navies
SayNAY-veez/ˈneɪviz/
- 1Plural of navy.
The world's largest navies maintain fleets of aircraft carriers.
During the war, several navies blockaded the enemy's main ports.
Note
The spelling follows the usual rule for a consonant before final y: the y becomes -ies, as in armies and parties. Most often the plural counts the sea forces of several countries, as in the world's navies. The color sense is countable too, so the same plural can name shades of dark blue, as in a range of navies and grays.
navies is a form of navy
navy, noun: A country's military force that fights at sea, including its ships, its people, and the department that runs it. Full entry
- Forms
- navynavies plural
- Spelling
- navy → navies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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