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English
Etymology
From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
costal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a rib.
- (biology) Pertaining to a costa.
- (entomology) Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
costal (plural costals or costales)
- (historical) Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costals)
- (anatomy, relational) rib; costal
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
costal (feminine costale, masculine plural costaux, feminine plural costales)
- costal
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. From Latin costalis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
costal m or f (plural costais)
- costal
Noun
costal m (plural costais)
- (historical) sack used for carrying loads at the back
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:
Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeiros- Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora
- Synonym: saco
- flour sack
- Synonym: saco
- packthread; cord used to tie a skein
- Synonym: conda
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “costal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costal”, 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), “costal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Manx
Etymology
cost + -al
Adjective
costal
- valuable, precious, sumptuous, costly
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French costal.
Adjective
costal m or n (feminine singular costală, masculine plural costali, feminine and neuter plural costale)
- costal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin costālis. First attested in 1843.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kosˈtal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: cos‧tal
Adjective
costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costales)
- (anatomy) costal (of or related to a rib)
Derived terms
Noun
costal m (plural costales)
- gunny sack (a sack of cheap materials used to transport bulk dry goods)
Tráeme tres costales de azúcar.- Bring me three sacks of sugar.
- (historical) a historical unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L
- Synonym: saco
Descendants
References
Further reading