English-French translations for navel

• nombril
  La juxtaposition de vingt-sept nombrils ne fait pas encore un grand projet continental. The juxtaposition of 27 navels does not yet make for a great continental project.
  Je sais très bien que le Conseil ne voit pas plus loin que son nombril national. I am well aware that the Council is incapable of contemplating anything beyond its national navel.
• navel

Definition of navel

• The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth
• A navel orange
• An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage

Related words

• navel-gazing
• navelwort
• navel-string
• navel piercing
• navel string
• navel rupture
• navel pipe