cavale

See also: cavalé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.val/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cavala or Italian cavalla, from Latin caballa.

Noun

cavale f (plural cavales)

1. mare (female horse)

   Synonym: jument

Derived terms

• cavaler

Etymology 2

Deverbal from cavaler.

Noun

cavale f (plural cavales)

1. (colloquial) escape

Derived terms

• en cavale

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

cavale

1. inflection of cavaler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cavale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Verb

cavale

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with le