caval

English

Etymology

cava +‎ -al

Adjective

caval (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the vena cava.

Derived terms

• bicaval
• hepatocaval
• intercaval
• transcaval

Anagrams

• Calva, calva, clava

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• cavul, kavul

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).

Noun

caval m

1. horse
   • Matteo Bartoli, Il Dalmatico :

     el caval cuar per la cal

     the horse runs through the street

Istriot

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).

Noun

caval m

1. horse

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan caval, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Limousin) [tʃaˈvɑʷ]
• IPA^(key): (Auvergnat) [tsaˈvo]
• IPA^(key): (Gascon) [ʃiˈβau̯], [kaˈβaʎ], [kaˈβatʃ]

• Audio (Gascony):

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• IPA^(key): (West Languedocien) [kaˈβal]

• Audio (West Languedoc):

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Noun

caval m (plural cavals)

1. horse

Related terms

• cavala

References

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 269: “cheval.. aux” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
• Oliviéri, Michèle & Sauzet, Patrick. 2016. Southern Gallo-Romance (Occitan). In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 319–349. Oxford University Press.

Old Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

caval m (oblique plural cavals, nominative singular cavals, nominative plural caval)

1. horse

Descendants

• Occitan: caval

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• cavàl

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [kɐˈvaɐ̯l]

• (Ville Unite):

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

Noun

caval m (plural cavël)

1. horse

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوال (kaval).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈval/

Noun

caval n (plural cavale)

1. flute

Declension

Declension of caval

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) caval	cavalul	(niște) cavale	cavalele
genitive/dative	(unui) caval	cavalului	(unor) cavale	cavalelor
vocative	cavalule		cavalelor

Further reading

• caval in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)