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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cávia or New Latin cavia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaːviˌjaː/
- Hyphenation: ca‧via
Noun
cavia f (plural cavia's, diminutive caviaatje n)
- guinea pig, Cavia porcellus
- Synonym: zeevarken
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From New Latin Cavia, from Old Galician-Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat”), from Old Tupi saujá. Compare Portuguese sauiá.
Pronunciation
Noun
cavia f (plural cavie)
- guinea pig (rodent)
- Synonym: porcellino d'India
- guinea pig (experimental subject)
- fare da/la cavia ― be the (experimental) guinea pig
Further reading
- cavia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
cavia f (genitive caviae); first declension
- intestine(s) (of animals)
Declension
First-declension noun.