ca

See also Appendix:Variations of "ca", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

English

Alternative forms

• c.

Abbreviation

ca

1. circa.
   • 2004 During glacial times, a stretch of level plain joined Australia with New Guinea and enabled humans to walk into Australia. That plain flooded to form the Gulf of Carpentaria, between ca 12,000 and 10,000 ybp. - Wikipedia article on Deluge (mythology)

Anagrams

• A/C, AC, Ac, a/c

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin can-, stem of canis.

Noun

ca m. (plural cans)

1. dog

Usage notes

• This term is used in Catalonia or Valencia only in stock phrases, with gos (feminine gossa) being the term generally used for a dog.
• In the Balearics, ca has retained its use as the primary word for a dog. However, instead of a feminine of ca, *cana, being used for a female dog, in the Balearics, cussa, the feminine of cus (“little dog”) is used.
• Note also that those breeds of dogs that originated in the Balearics use ca and not gos to form name of the breed.

Synonyms

• gos (“dog”) m.

Hyponyms

• (Balearics) cus (“little dog”) m., (Balearics) cussa (“female dog”) f.
• gos (“male dog”) m., gossa (“female dog”) f.

Derived terms

• ca de bestiar (“Majorca Shepherd Dog”)
• ca de bou (“Majorca Mastiff”)
• ca eivissenc (“Ibizan Hound”)
• ca mè mallorquí (“Majorcan Pointer”)
• ca rater mallorquí (“Majorcan Ratter”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ca f. (plural cas)

1. The letter K (lowercase k).

Usage notes

The letter K is not used in native Catalan words and thus its presence in a word is a fairly reliable indicator of a recent import.

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French

Preposition

ca

1. circa

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Ido

Alternative forms

• ica

Determiner

ca

1. this

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Italian

Abbreviation

ca

1. circa

See also

• calcio
• ca'
• c.a.

Anagrams

• AC , a.C.

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Lojban

Etymology

From cabna.

Cmavo

ca

1. present tense tag
2. (preposition) during
3. (followed by "lenu") (subordinating conjunction) when

Coordinate terms

• pu
• ba

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Malay

Noun

ca

1. tea

Synonyms

• teh

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Mandarin

Romanization

ca

1. Nonstandard spelling of cā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cǎ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Nahuatl

Verb

ca

1. to be in a location

Note: ca is an irregular verb; its plural form is cate.

Particle

ca

Used in affirmative statements.

Neapolitan

Adverb

ca

1. what

Pronoun

ca

1. that
2. who
3. which

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin quam. The expression ca și may derive from Latin quasi.

Adverb

ca

1. than

   Am o carte mai bună ca aceasta. - I have a better book than this one.

2. as

   Filmul este tot așa de interesant ca romanul. - The movie is as interesting as the novel is.

Synonyms

• decât

Related terms

• cam

Etymology 2

From Latin quia.

Conjunction

ca

1. (obsolete) because
2. (followed by să) in order to

Synonyms

• (because): pentru că, întrucât, fiindcă, deoarece

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaː/, IPA: /kɑː/

Verb

tae ca (third-person singular simple present cas, present participle cain, simple past ca'd, past participle ca'd)

1. call
2. summon
3. drive something
4. go on, proceed
5. knock or push

Derived terms

• ca canny

Contraction

ca

1. (some Scots dialects) can't;

   That ca be him!

See also

• cannae

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈka/

Etymology 1

From ¡quia!.

Interjection

ca

1. (Spain) Denotes incredulity or negation; oh no!

Synonyms

• ¡quia!
• ¡qué va!

Etymology 2

From Latin quia.

Conjunction

ca

1. (obsolete) Because

Etymology 3

Apocope of casa.

Noun

ca f. (plural cas)

1. (colloquial) House

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Swedish

Abbreviation

ca

1. circa; Abbreviation of cirka. Alternative form of c:a.

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Tarantino

Pronoun

ca (relative)

1. to whom
2. to which

Adjective

ca

1. what

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Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Noun

ca

1. mug (about 1/4 liter)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese, from Chinese 歌

Verb

ca

1. sing

Etymology 3

Synonyms

• hát