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caverna.

hollow/grotto/cavern/cave/crevice/hole; burrow/den; cavity (tooth); hold (ship); aperture; orifice (body); interior (Trojan horse); celestial sphere; "depths";

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kaˈwɛr.na]Classical-Latin[kaˈvɛr.na]
  1. a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole a vault, chamber, cleft of heaven

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole a hold (cargo compartment of a ship)

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole bodily orifice

    declension-1 · euphemistic · feminine · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱowh₁ós? Proto-Italic *kawos Latin cavus Latin -erna Latin caverna From cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -erna.

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