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5-letter words (1 found)

CAUDA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AUA,CAA,CAD,CUD,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AD,DA,

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Definitions and meaning of cauda

cauda

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin cauda, either directly (with preservation of /au̯/) or, more likely, via Vulgar Latin cōda (the source of all other Romance forms), with /'oː/ > /au̯/; cf. Latin nōmen > Dalmatian naum.

Noun

cauda f

  1. tail

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaudā (tail), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂ (cleaved, separate), from *keh₂w-. Compare cūdō (to beat, hammer), caudex (tree trunk, stump), Lithuanian kuodas (tuft).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.da/, [ˈkäu̯d̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.da/, [ˈkäːu̯d̪ä]

Noun

cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension

  1. tail (animal appendage)
    Synonym: pēnis (archaic)
    Antonym: caput
    Alternative form: cōda

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: cauda (note: by regular sound changes, maybe also from Vulgar Latin cōda)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cauda
    • Portuguese: cauda
  • Vulgar Latin: cōda (see there for further descendants)

See also

  • cōda

References

  • cauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cauda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cauda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. See also cola, inherited from the same origin.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: calda (Brazil)
  • Rhymes: -awdɐ
  • Hyphenation: cau‧da

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

  1. tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)
    Synonyms: (archaic) coda, rabo
  2. tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object)
    1. (clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor
    2. (aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)
    Synonym: empenagem
    1. (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
    2. (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
  3. (figurative) consequences

Related terms

  • caudal
  • coda
  • cola

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkauda/ [ˈkau̯.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -auda
  • Syllabification: cau‧da

Noun

cauda f (plural caudas)

  1. tail (of a garment)

Further reading

  • “cauda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org