cauda

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin cauda, either directly (with preservation of /au̯/) or, more likely, via Vulgar Latin cōda (the source of all other Romance forms), with /'oː/ > /au̯/; cf. Latin nōmen > Dalmatian naum.

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/, [ˈkäu̯d̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.da/, [ˈkäːu̯d̪ä]

Noun

cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension

1. A tail (of an animal)

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

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

 

Descendants

• Dalmatian: cauda (note: by regular sound changes, maybe also from Vulgar Latin cōda)
• → Old Portuguese: cauda
  • Portuguese: cauda
• Vulgar Latin: cōda (see there for further descendants)

See also

• cōda
• picta

References

• “cauda”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkaw.dɐ/, [ˈkaʊ̯.dɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈkaw.dɐ/, [ˈkaw.ðɐ]

• Homophone: calda (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cau‧da
• Rhymes: -awdɐ

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

1. tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)

   Synonym: rabo

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)

   Synonym: empenagem

   1. (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
   2. (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
3. (figuratively) consequences

Related terms

• caudal
• coda
• cola

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Spanish

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

1. tail (of a garment)

Further reading

• “cauda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014