Definitions for natation

natation na·ta·tion

Spelling: [ney-tey-shuh n, na-]
IPA: /neɪˈteɪ ʃən, næ-/

Natation is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in natation (aainnott).

Definitions for natation

noun

  1. an act or the skill of swimming.

Origin of natation

1535-45; Latin natātiōn- (stem of natātiō), equivalent to natāt(us) (past participle of natāre to swim) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for natation

Here, write immediately: 'The quay of the cole de natation is to be finished during next campaign.'

I wondered at what period of their lives they had acquired their dexterity at natation.

It has long legs, the better to wade with, and webbed feet admirably adapted to natation.

Never, I think, did any swimmer in like circumstances perform such a remarkable feat of natation.

Indeed one of these was in flood, and they never could have crossed it had it not been for Otter's powers of natation.

Some of the girls had taken lessons in the "School of natation" in the lower bay, and could swim very well.

Word Value for natation
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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