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caudal.

caudal (of or relating to the tail)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/kawˈdaw/Brazil[kaʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]Brazil/kawˈdal/Portugal[kawˈðaɫ]Portugal
  1. caudal (of or relating to the tail)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). By surface analysis, cauda + -al.

noun/kawˈdaw/Brazil[kaʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]Brazil/kawˈdal/Portugal[kawˈðaɫ]Portugal
  1. caudal vertebra

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). By surface analysis, cauda + -al.

noun/kawˈdaw/Brazil[kaʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]Brazil/kawˈdal/Portugal[kawˈðaɫ]Portugal
  1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)

    masculine
  2. discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)

    masculine
  3. a great amount of volume of something

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

adj/kawˈdaw/Brazil[kaʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]Brazil/kawˈdal/Portugal[kawˈðaɫ]Portugal
  1. torrential (flowing heavily)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

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