casal

See also: Casal

English

Etymology

From case + -al.

Adjective

casal (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to case.
    a casal ending

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for casal in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin casāle (country house, farm), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kəˈzal/

Rhymes: -al

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

  1. A manor house.
  2. The seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature.
  3. A noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon.

Further reading


Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casāle (country house, farm), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsal/

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

  1. homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)
    Synonym: casarío
  2. hamlet
    Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro, poubea, vilar

Derived terms

  • Casais
  • Casal
  • Casal do Mato
  • Casar
  • Casar do Mato
  • Casarellos
  • Casares
  • Casás

References

  • casal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • casal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • casal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • casal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • casal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish casal (mantle, cloak, chasuble), from Latin casula (little cottage, hooded cloak), a diminutive of casa (house).

Noun

casal m (genitive singular casail, nominative plural casail)

  1. (Christianity) chasuble
  2. mantle

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
casal chasal gcasal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin casālis (domestic, belonging to the house) or casāle (country house, farm), ultimately from casa.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

  1. (Languedoc) vegetable garden

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casālis (domestic, belonging to the house) or casāle (country house, farm), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈzaw/ [kaˈzaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sal

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

  1. couple, married couple
    O casal perfeito não existe.The perfect couple does not exist.
  2. pair
  3. village, hamlet
  4. farmhouse

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casal.

Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin casālis (domestic, belonging to the house) or casāle (country house, farm), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Catalan casal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsal/ [kaˈsal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ca‧sal

Noun

casal m (plural casales)

  1. country house
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay) mating pair (of animals)
  3. (poetic) hearth

Further reading

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