ca

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 1.1.1 Usage notes 2 English 2.1 Abbreviation 2.2 Anagrams 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.2 Usage notes 3.1.2.1 Synonyms 3.1.2.2 Hyponyms 3.1.3 Derived terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Usage notes 4 Ido 4.1 Alternative forms 4.2 Determiner 5 Italian 5.1 Abbreviation 5.2 See also 6 Malay 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Synonyms 7 Mandarin 7.1 Pinyin syllable 7.1.1 Usage notes 8 Neapolitan 8.1 Adverb 8.2 Pronoun 9 Romanian 9.1 Adverb 9.1.1 Synonyms 10 Scots 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Verb 10.2.1 Derived terms 10.3 Contraction 10.4 See also 11 Spanish 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Etymology 1 11.2.1 Interjection 11.2.1.1 Synonyms 11.3 Etymology 2 11.3.1 Conjunction 11.4 Etymology 3 11.4.1 Noun

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

ca

1. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Catalan
2. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Valencian

[edit] Usage notes

Valencian is usually thought of as a dialect of Catalan though some claim it is a distinct language. ISO 639 has chosen to assign only one language code, but accept both Catalan and Valencian as equivalent names for the language.

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[edit] English

[edit] Abbreviation

ca

1. See ca.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ac , Ac, a/c, AC

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin can-, stem of canis.

[edit] Noun

ca m. (plural cans)

1. dog

[edit] 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• gos (“dog”) m.

[edit] Hyponyms

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

[edit] 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”)

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

ca f. (plural cas)

1. The letter K (lowercase k).

[edit] 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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[edit] Ido

[edit] Alternative forms

• ica

[edit] Determiner

ca

1. this

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Abbreviation

ca

1. abbreviation of circa

[edit] See also

• calcio
• ca'
• c.a.

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[edit] Malay

[edit] Noun

ca

1. tea

[edit] Synonyms

• teh

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ca

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, cā, cǎ, or cà.

[edit] 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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[edit] Neapolitan

[edit] Adverb

ca

1. what

[edit] Pronoun

ca

1. that
2. who
3. which

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Adverb

ca

1. than

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

2. as

   filmul este tot aşa de interesant ca romanul - The movie is as interesting as the novel is.

[edit] Synonyms

• decât

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaː/, IPA: /kɑ:/

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

• ca canny

[edit] Contraction

ca

1. (some Scots dialects) can't;

   That ca be him!

[edit] See also

• cannae

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈka/

[edit] Etymology 1

From ¡quia!.

[edit] Interjection

ca

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

[edit] Synonyms

• ¡quia!
• ¡qué va!

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin quia.

[edit] Conjunction

ca

1. (obsolete) Because

[edit] Etymology 3

Apocope of casa.

[edit] Noun

ca f. (plural cas)

1. (colloquial) House