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Synonyms for natation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ney-tey-shuh n, na-

Phonetic Transcription : neɪˈteɪ ʃən, næ-

Définition of natation

Origin : 1650s, from Latin natationem (nominative natatio), noun of action from past participle stem of natare "to swim" (see natant).

As in swimming : noun water sport
As in swimming : noun traversing water

Example sentences :

I wondered at what period of their lives they had acquired their dexterity at natation.
Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow

Some of the girls had taken lessons in the "School of Natation" in the lower bay, and could swim very well.
Extract from : « A Little Country Girl » by Susan Coolidge

Indeed one of these was in flood, and they never could have crossed it had it not been for Otter's powers of natation.
Extract from : « The People Of The Mist » by H. Rider Haggard

Never, I think, did any swimmer in like circumstances perform such a remarkable feat of natation.
Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 24, 1917 » by Various

It has long legs, the better to wade with, and webbed feet admirably adapted to natation.
Extract from : « Glimpses of Indian Birds » by Douglas Dewar

Here, write immediately: 'The quay of the cole de Natation is to be finished during next campaign.'
Extract from : « Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete » by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

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