caudal

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caudālis (having a tail).

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Adjective

caudal (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
  2. (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
    Antonyms: cephalad, cephalic

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Noun

caudal (plural caudals)

  1. A caudal vertebra.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caudālis, from cauda. See also queue.

Pronunciation

Adjective

caudal (feminine caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales)

  1. (anatomy) caudal

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cau‧dal

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

caudal m or f (plural caudais)

  1. (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)
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Noun

caudal f (plural caudais)

  1. caudal vertebra
    Synonym: vértebra caudal

Etymology 2

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

Noun

caudal m (plural caudais)

  1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)
    Synonym: torrente
  2. (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)
    Synonyms: fluxo, vazão
  3. (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something
    Synonym: monte

Adjective

caudal m or f (plural caudais)

  1. torrential (flowing heavily)
    Synonyms: caudaloso, torrencial

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caudale.

Adjective

caudal m or n (feminine singular caudală, masculine plural caudali, feminine and neuter plural caudale)

  1. caudal

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kauˈdal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cau‧dal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cabdal, from Latin capitālis. Doublet of capital. Cognate with English chattel, cattle and capital.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudales)

  1. flow
  2. volume
  3. funds
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin caudālis.

Adjective

caudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural caudales)

  1. caudal (pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body)
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