cauda

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda.

Noun

cauda f

1. tail

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cōda

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaudā (“tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂, from *keh₂w-. Compare Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.da/

Noun

cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension

1. A tail (of an animal)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cauda	caudae
Genitive	caudae	caudārum
Dative	caudae	caudīs
Accusative	caudam	caudās
Ablative	caudā	caudīs
Vocative	cauda	caudae

Antonyms

• caput

Derived terms

• caudālis (“having a tail; caudal”)
• caudātus (“tailed, caudate; lengthened, extended, elongated”) (Mediaeval)
• cauda illa
• caudam trahere
• caudiformis

 

Descendants

All except modern borrowings are from the Late Latin form cōda

• Aragonese: coda
• Aromanian: coadã
• Catalan: cua
• Dalmatian: cauda
• English: caudal (borrowed)
• Franco-Provençal: cua
• Friulian: code
• Italian: coda
  • → English: coda
  • → French: coda
• Occitan: coa

• Old French: coe, cue, keue
  • French: queue
    • → Dutch: keu
    • → English: queue, cue
    • → Swedish: kö
• Old Portuguese: cola, cauda (borrowed)
  • Galician: cola
  • Portuguese: cola, cauda (borrowed)
• Romanian: coadă
• Romansch: cua
• Sardinian: cò, coa, coda
• Sicilian: cuda
• Spanish: cola
• Venetian: cóa

See also

• cōda
• picta

References

• cauda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cauda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cauda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cauda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

cauda

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. See also cola, inherited from the same origin.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.dɐ/
  • Homophone: calda

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

1. tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)
2. tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object)
   1. (clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor
   2. (aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)
   3. (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
   4. (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
3. (figuratively) consequences

Synonyms

• (tail of an animal): rabo
• (empennage): empenagem

Related terms

• caudal
• coda
• cola

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Spanish

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

1. tail (of a garment)