caudal

English

Etymology

From Latin cauda +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔːdəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːdəl

Adjective

caudal (not generally comparable; )

1. (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 3:

     Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

Translations

caudal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尾部的 (cmn) (wěibù de)

• Finnish: (fish, birds) pyrstö- (fi) , (mammals) häntä- (fi)
• French: caudal (fr)
• German: kaudal (de), schwanzartig (de)
• Italian: caudale (it)

• Japanese: 尾側の (ja) (びそくの, bisoku no)
• Latin: caudalis (la) m and f
• Persian: دمی (fa) (domi)
• Romanian: caudal (ro)
• Russian: хвостовой (ru) (xvostovój), задний (ru) (zádnij) (posterior)
• Spanish: caudal (es)

Derived terms

• caudally
• caudal fin
• caudal keel
• caudal peduncle
• precaudal
• subcaudal
• supracaudal

Noun

caudal (plural caudals)

1. A caudal vertebra

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ko.dal/

Etymology

From Latin cauda

Adjective

caudal m (feminine caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales)

1. (anatomy) caudal

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /kaw.ˈdaw/

Etymology 1

From Latin caudalis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”).

Adjective

caudal m and f (plural caudais; comparable)

1. (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)

Derived terms

• barbatana caudal
• nadadeira caudal
• vértebra caudal

Noun

caudal f (plural caudais)

1. caudal vertebra

Synonyms

• vértebra caudal

Etymology 2

From Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”).

Noun

caudal m (plural caudais)

1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)
2. (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)
3. (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something

Synonyms

• (torrent): torrente
• (discharge): fluxo, vazão
• (great amount or volume): monte

Adjective

caudal m and f (plural caudais; comparable)

1. torrential (flowing heavily)
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) mighty

Synonyms

• caudaloso, torrencial

Related terms

• cabeça
• cabedal
• caudalosidade
• caudaloso

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin capitālis.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudales)

1. flow
2. volume
3. funds

Etymology 2

From Latin cauda.

Adjective

caudal m and f (plural caudales)

1. caudal