caule

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of col.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkaw.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkaw.le]

Noun

caule m (plural caules)

1. (botany) stem

   Synonyms: tija, tronc

Related terms

• caulinar

Further reading

• “caule”, 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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis. See also cavolo.

Noun

caule m (plural cauli)

1. (botany) stem (of a herbaceous plant)

Related terms

• acaule
• caulinare
• cavolo

Latin

Noun

caule

1. ablative singular of caulis

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.lɨ/

• Rhymes: -awli, -awlɨ
• Hyphenation: cau‧le

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder.

Latin caulisbor.

Portuguese caule

Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of couve.

Noun

caule m (plural caules)

1. (botany) stem (part of the axis of a plant, which normally supports the leaves)

Etymology 2

Verb

caule

1. inflection of caular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “caule”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caule”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “caule”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Yola

Alternative forms

• caul, cawl, cawle, kawle

Etymology

From Middle English colt, from Old English colt (“young donkey, young camel”), from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, boy, lad”). Related to child.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/
• Homophone: coale

Noun

caule (plural caulès)

1. horse
   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 12:

     'Tus a gearded ee freightened Billeen's yola caule.

     'Twas a goat that frightened Billy's old caule (horse).