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English
Etymology
From case + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
casal (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or relating to a case.
a casal ending
casal affix
casal terminatiion
References
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale.
Pronunciation
Noun
casal m (plural casals)
- a manor house
- the seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature
- a noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.
Pronunciation
Noun
casal m (plural casais)
- homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)
- Synonym: casarío
- hamlet
- Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro, poubea, vilar
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “casal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “casal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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)
- (Christianity) chasuble
- mantle
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “chasuble”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa.
Pronunciation
Noun
casal m (plural casals)
- (Languedoc) vegetable garden
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-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
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: ca‧sal
Noun
casal m (plural casais)
- couple, married couple
- O casal perfeito não existe. ― The perfect couple does not exist.
- pair
- village, hamlet
- farmhouse
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:casal.
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited 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/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ca‧sal
Noun
casal m (plural casales)
- country house
- Synonym: casa de campo
- (Argentina, Uruguay) mating pair (of animals)
- (poetic) hearth
- Synonyms: hogar, lar
Further reading