natationn.

Brit.

/nəˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/nəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/,

/neɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s nawtacyon, 1600s– natation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin natātiōn-, natātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin natātiōn-, natātiō the action of swimming < natāt- , past participial stem of natāre to swim (see natant adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French natation (mid 16th cent.).

†1. That which swims or floats. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > moving freely on surface > that which or one who

gourd1538

natation1542

floater1717

gourd1774

floatable1864

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xiii. sig. G.iii^v Euery thyng that is vnctious..dothe swymme aboue in the brynkes of the stomacke:..the excesse of suche nawtacyon or superfyce will ascend to the oryse [v.r. orifice] of the stomacke.

2. The action or art of swimming; an instance of this. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming

swimming1377

natation1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Natation, a swimming.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 193 Other animalls..need no other way of motion, for natation in the water, then for progression upon the land.

1793 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 252/1 Had I remained in England and opened a school of natation.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 276 Here, as among the Vertebrata, we find the walk, the run, the leap, natation and flight.

1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 429 The locomotive appendage..fulfils during natation the rôle of a tractellum.

1913 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 10 339 No man ever yet learned to dance or swim by reading treatises upon saltation or natation.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 323 Towards evening he explained that to learn natation, as he said, requires concentration and silence.

Derivatives

natationist n. now rare a swimmer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimmer

swimmer1377

water dog1652

swimmist1881

natationist1883

1883 Belleville (Kansas) Telescope 6 Sept. 1/5 Bilbo, the English swimmer, who is said to be a better natationist than Capt. Webb, has threatened to try to swim through the rapids.

1891 Daily News 17 Feb. 3/8 The question of supremacy between the natationists could be settled.

1914 Alumni Q. & Fortnightly Notes University of Illinois 15 Mar. 39/2 The water men..hope to fight through the waves to victory... The feat was performed last March, and the natationists look for historical repetition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	natation
释义	natationn. Brit. /nəˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /nəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/, /neɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s nawtacyon, 1600s– natation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin natātiōn-, natātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin natātiōn-, natātiō the action of swimming < natāt- , past participial stem of natāre to swim (see natant adj.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French natation (mid 16th cent.). †1. That which swims or floats. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > moving freely on surface > that which or one who gourd1538 natation1542 floater1717 gourd1774 floatable1864 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xiii. sig. G.iii^v Euery thyng that is vnctious..dothe swymme aboue in the brynkes of the stomacke:..the excesse of suche nawtacyon or superfyce will ascend to the oryse [v.r. orifice] of the stomacke. 2. The action or art of swimming; an instance of this. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming swimming1377 natation1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Natation, a swimming. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 193 Other animalls..need no other way of motion, for natation in the water, then for progression upon the land. View more context for this quotation 1793 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 252/1 Had I remained in England and opened a school of natation. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 276 Here, as among the Vertebrata, we find the walk, the run, the leap, natation and flight. 1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 429 The locomotive appendage..fulfils during natation the rôle of a tractellum. 1913 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 10 339 No man ever yet learned to dance or swim by reading treatises upon saltation or natation. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 323 Towards evening he explained that to learn natation, as he said, requires concentration and silence. Derivatives natationist n. now rare a swimmer. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimmer swimmer1377 water dog1652 swimmist1881 natationist1883 1883 Belleville (Kansas) Telescope 6 Sept. 1/5 Bilbo, the English swimmer, who is said to be a better natationist than Capt. Webb, has threatened to try to swim through the rapids. 1891 Daily News 17 Feb. 3/8 The question of supremacy between the natationists could be settled. 1914 Alumni Q. & Fortnightly Notes University of Illinois 15 Mar. 39/2 The water men..hope to fight through the waves to victory... The feat was performed last March, and the natationists look for historical repetition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542
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