cavall

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kəˈβaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈvaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈvaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kaˈβaʎ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -aʎ

Noun

cavall m (plural cavalls)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight
3. (drug slang) horse, H

Derived terms

• a cavall regalat, no li miris el dentat
• cavall de vapor
• cavall frisó
• cavall marí
• cavallet
• cavallfort
• cavallí
• cavalló
• encavallar

Related terms

• cavalcar
• cavaller
• cavallerís
• cavallerissa

Further reading

• “cavall”, 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
• “cavall”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cavall” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cavall”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Lombard

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caballus.

Akin to Italian cavallo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈval/ (Milanese)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈal/ (Bergamasque)

Noun

cavall m (plural cavai)

1. horse