caval

caval

See also: cavâl

English

Etymology

    From cava + -al.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (General American):(file)

    Adjective

    caval (not comparable)

    1. (anatomy) Relating to the vena cava.

    Derived terms

    Anagrams

    Dalmatian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse).

      Noun

      caval m

      1. horse
        • Matteo Bartoli, Il Dalmatico:
          el caval cuar per la cal
          the horse runs through the street

      Istriot

      Etymology

        From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse).

        Noun

        caval m

        1. horse

        Occitan

        Etymology

          From Old Occitan caval, from Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of Gaulish origin.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): (Limousin) [tʃaˈvɑʷ][1]
          • IPA(key): (Auvergnat) [tsaˈvo]
          • IPA(key): (Gascon) [ʃiˈβau̯], [kaˈβaʎ], [kaˈβatʃ][2]
          • Audio (Gascony):(file)
          • IPA(key): (West Languedocien) [kaˈβal]
          • Audio (Languedoc):(file)

          Noun

          caval m (plural cavals)

          1. horse

          References

          • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] – map 269 – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
          • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
          • Oliviéri, Michèle & Sauzet, Patrick. 2016. Southern Gallo-Romance (Occitan). In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 319–349. Oxford University Press.
          1. ^ Müller 2011: 43. Likewise for the Auvergnat pronunciation.
          2. ^ First variant per Müller (2011: 43) and Oliviéri & Sauzet (2016: 325), the latter pointing out that it is a borrowing of French cheval. Other two variants per the ALF, which also shows the first variant.

          Old Occitan

          Etymology

            From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of Gaulish origin.

            Noun

            caval m (oblique plural cavals, nominative singular cavals, nominative plural caval)

            1. horse

            Descendants

            • Occitan: caval

            Romagnol

            Alternative forms

            Pronunciation

            • (Central Romagnol) IPA(key): [kɐˈvaɐ̯l]
            • (Southeastern Romagnol)

            Noun

            caval m (plural cavël)

            1. horse

            Romanian

            Etymology

            Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوال (kaval).

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /kaˈval/

            Noun

            caval n (plural cavale)

            1. flute

            Declension

            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative caval cavalul cavale cavalele
            genitive-dative caval cavalului cavale cavalelor
            vocative cavalule cavalelor

            Further reading

            Venetan

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): [kaˈval]

            Noun

            caval m (plural cavałi)

            1. Western Venetan form of cavało