cauda

§Dalmatian

§Etymology

From Latin cōda, from cauda.

§Noun

cauda f

1. tail

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§Latin

§Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European - compare Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”).

§Alternative forms

• cōda

§Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.da/

§Noun

cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension

1. A tail (of an animal)

§Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cauda	caudae
genitive	caudae	caudārum
dative	caudae	caudīs
accusative	caudam	caudās
ablative	caudā	caudīs
vocative	cauda	caudae

§Antonyms

• caput

§Derived terms

Derived terms

• cauda illa

• caudālis (“having a tail; caudal”)

• caudam trahere

• caudātus (“tailed, caudate; lengthened, extended, elongated”) (Mediaeval)

• caudiformis

§Descendants

• Aragonese: coda
• Aromanian: coadã
• Catalan: cua
• Dalmatian: cauda
• English: queue
• French: queue
• Friulian: code
• Italian: coda

• Old Portuguese: cauda
• Portuguese: cauda, cola
• Romanian: coadă
• Romansch: cua
• Sicilian: cuda
• Spanish: cola
• Venetian: cóa

§See also

• cōda
• picta

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§Portuguese

cauda

§Etymology

From Latin cauda. See also cola, from the same origin.

§Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ðɐ/

§Noun

cauda f

1. tail.

§Synonyms

• rabo

§Related terms

• caudal
• cola