ca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

§English

§Alternative forms

• see circa

§Adverb

ca (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of circa.
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§Translations

abbreviation of circa — see ca.

§Anagrams

• A/C, AC, Ac, a/c

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§Albanian

§Alternative forms

• disa

§Etymology

From the sequence of article sa + të.

§Pronoun

ca

1. some

§Related terms

• sa
• të

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§Catalan

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka/

§Etymology 1

From Latin 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 m

§Hyponyms

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

§Derived terms

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”)

• ca petaner

§Etymology 2

§Noun

ca f (plural ques)

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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§Classical Nahuatl

§Particle

ca

1. Used to mark the word(s) that it modifies as an affirmative predicate.

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§French

§Preposition

ca

1. circa

§External links

• “ca” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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§Galician

§Conjunction

ca

1. than

   As miñas irmás son máis altas ca min.

   My sisters are taller than I am.

§Derived terms

• có

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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 (selma'o PU)

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

§Coordinate terms

• pu
• ba

§Related terms

• ca'o

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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 Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin 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

§Usage notes

Ca is an irregular verb; its plural form is cate.

§Particle

ca

Used in affirmative statements.

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§Neapolitan

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/

§Adverb

ca

1. what

§Conjunction

ca

1. than (comparison beetween adjectives only)

§Pronoun

ca

1. that
2. who
3. which

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§Pali

§Particle

ca

1. and (copulative particle)

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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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§Romansch

§Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) che
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter) cu
• (Vallader) co

§Conjunction

ca

1. (Sutsilvan) than

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§Scots

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː/, IPA^(key): /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!

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§See also

• cannae

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§Spanish

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

§Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /kaː˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /kaː˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /kaː˧˥/

§Etymology 1

§Noun

ca

1. mug (about 1/4 liter)

§Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese, from 歌 (“song”)

§Verb

ca

1. to sing
2. (colloquial) to praise

§Synonyms

• hát
• ca ngợi

§Derived terms

• ca hát, ca từ, ca nhạc, ca ngợi, ngợi ca

§Etymology 3

From French cas.

§Noun

ca

1. (medicine) case
2. (change of workers) shift

§Etymology 4

Borrowing from French ka

§Noun

ca

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

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§Welsh

§Alternative forms

• (first-person singular future): caf (literary)
• (second-person singular imperative): cei, cymer (colloquial)

§Verb

ca

1. (colloquial) first-person singular future of cael
2. (literary) second-person singular imperative of cael

§Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ca	ga	ngha	cha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.