coala

See also: cóála

English

Noun

coala (plural coalas)

1. Obsolete form of koala.
   • 1894, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 11, page 985:

     The funniest sound I ever heard uttered by an animal was by a "native bear," as they call the coala in Australia.

Asturian

Noun

coala m (plural coales)

1. koala (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈa.la]

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Noun

coala m (plural coales)

1. koala

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈa.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈa.lɐ/, /ˈkwa.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧a‧la

Noun

coala m (plural coalas)

1. koala

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈala/ [koˈa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: co‧a‧la

Noun

coala m (plural coalas)

1. alternative spelling of koala

Welsh

Etymology

From English koala.

Noun

coala m (plural coalas)

1. koala

Mutation

Mutated forms of coala

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coala	goala	nghoala	choala

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “coala”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies