cava
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cava (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑv.ə/, /ˈkeɪ.və/
Noun[edit]
cava
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
cava (countable and uncountable, plural cavas)
- Alternative form of kava
References[edit]
- “cava”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cava”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams[edit]
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cava inan
- Cava (wine)
Declension[edit]
Declension of cava (inanimate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | cava | cava | cavak |
| ergative | cavak | cavak | cavek |
| dative | cavari | cavari | cavei |
| genitive | cavaren | cavaren | caven |
| comitative | cavarekin | cavarekin | cavekin |
| causative | cavarengatik | cavarengatik | cavengatik |
| benefactive | cavarentzat | cavarentzat | caventzat |
| instrumental | cavaz | cavaz | cavez |
| inessive | cavatan | cavan | cavetan |
| locative | cavatako | cavako | cavetako |
| allative | cavatara | cavara | cavetara |
| terminative | cavataraino | cavaraino | cavetaraino |
| directive | cavatarantz | cavarantz | cavetarantz |
| destinative | cavatarako | cavarako | cavetarako |
| ablative | cavatatik | cavatik | cavetatik |
| partitive | cavarik | — | — |
| prolative | cavatzat | — | — |
Further reading[edit]
- "cava" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Catalan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Late Latin cava, from Latin cavus (“hollow, concave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural caves)
Noun[edit]
cava m (plural caves)
- cava (wine)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
cava
- inflection of cavar:
Fijian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
cava
Galician[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese cava (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): Back-formation from cavar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural cavas)
- (viticulture) digging, hoeing the ground
- mine, excavation
- Synonym: mina
- (archaic) basement
References[edit]
- “cava” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cava” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “caua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cava” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cava” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cava” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
cava
- inflection of cavar:
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cava f sg
Etymology 2[edit]
From Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural cave)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
cava
- inflection of cavare:
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- cava: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯a/, [ˈkäu̯ä]
- cava: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.va/, [ˈkäːvä]
- cavā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯aː/, [ˈkäu̯äː]
- cavā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.va/, [ˈkäːvä]
Etymology 1[edit]
See cavus.
Adjective[edit]
cava
- inflection of cavus:
cavā
Etymology 2[edit]
Nominalization of cavus, likely by reinterpretation of the plural of the neuter noun cavum as a feminine singular form.
Noun[edit]
cava f (genitive cavae); first declension
Inflection[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cava | cavae |
| Genitive | cavae | cavārum |
| Dative | cavae | cavīs |
| Accusative | cavam | cavās |
| Ablative | cavā | cavīs |
| Vocative | cava | cavae |
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See cavum.
Noun[edit]
cava n
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
cavā
References[edit]
- cava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural cavas)
Further reading[edit]
- Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 44.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Either deverbal from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural cavas)
- armhole (hole for the arm in clothing)
- pit (hole dug in the ground)
- Ellipsis of veia cava (“large vein”).
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
cava
- inflection of cavar:
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cava
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Derived regressively from the verb cavar.
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural cavas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.
Noun[edit]
cava f (plural cavas)
- cave or cellar where certain kinds of wines are processed
- in a palace, a dependency where the water and wine drunk by royalty is looked after
Noun[edit]
cava m (plural cavas)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
cava
- inflection of cavar:
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
cava f
Further reading[edit]
- “cava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams[edit]
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