Also means
bobbin (sewing)
Usage Note
Navette originally referred to the shuttle in a loom (shaped like a small boat — nef). Today its most common meaning is a shuttle service: navette aéroport (airport shuttle), faire la navette (to commute back and forth). The space shuttle is la navette spatiale. The back-and-forth rhythm of commuting gave rise to the idiom faire la navette for daily commuters.
Examples
"Nous avons pris la navette pour aller à l'aéroport."
Natural Translation
We took the shuttle to the airport.
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