casal

See also: Casal

English

Etymology

From case + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪsəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

casal (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to a case.

   a casal ending

   casal affix

   casal terminatiion

References

• “casal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AACSL, Calas, Scala, calas, scala

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈzal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈzal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. a manor house
2. the seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature
3. a noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon
   • 2016 April 13, Òscar Adamuz, “Sobre el català i l'ús de les llengües a la Corona d'Aragó; una Franja d'història”, in La Veu del País Valencià:

     Per tant, sembla clar que la llengua aragonesa (o la castellana) no era pas desconeguda entre els reis del casal d'Aragó

     So it seems clear that the Aragonese language (or the Castilian) was not unknown to the kings of the House of Aragon

Derived terms

• casal català

Further reading

• “casal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Alternative forms

• casar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsal/

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

1. homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)

   Synonym: casarío

2. hamlet

   Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro, poubea, vilar

Derived terms

• Casais
• Casal
• Casal do Mato
• Casar
• Casar do Mato
• Casarellos
• Casares
• Casás

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “casal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “casal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish casal (“mantle, cloak, chasuble”), from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

Noun

casal m (genitive singular casail, nominative plural casail)

1. (Christianity) chasuble
2. mantle

Declension

Declension of casal (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative casal casail vocative a chasail a chasala genitive casail casal dative casal casail forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an casal na casail genitive an chasail na gcasal dative leis an gcasal don chasal leis na casail

Mutation

Mutated forms of casal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
casal	chasal	gcasal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “casal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “chasuble”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “casal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Occitan

Alternative forms

• casau (Gascony)
• chasal (Auvergne)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. (Languedoc) vegetable garden

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈzaw/ [kaˈzaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈza.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: ca‧sal

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

1. couple, married couple

   O casal perfeito não existe. ― The perfect couple does not exist.

2. pair
3. (colloquial) a pair consisting of a male and a female
   • 1983 December 16, Mario Sergio Della Rina, quoting Duda Mendonça, “Futebol vende. E emociona”, in Placar, number 708, São Paulo: Abril, →ISSN, page 36:

     Tenho um casal de gêmeos, de 12 anos, e meu garoto viveu a mesma situação.

     I have fraternal twins aged twelve years, and my son went through the same situation.

4. (Portugal) village, hamlet
5. (Portugal) farmhouse

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casal.

Derived terms

• cama de casal
• quarto de casal

Related terms

• casa

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Casal

Further reading

• “casal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “casal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Catalan casal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsal/ [kaˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ca‧sal

Noun

casal m (plural casales)

1. country house for farmworkers

   Synonym: casa de campo

2. (Canary Islands, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Venezuela) mating pair (of animals)
3. (poetic) hearth

   Synonyms: hogar, lar

4. empty or vacant lot

Related terms

• casa

Further reading

• “casal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025