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CAVA,

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Definitions and meaning of cava

cava

English

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.və/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

cava (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of vena cava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.və/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə

Noun

cava (plural cavae or cavas)

  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of vena cava.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑv.ə/, /ˈkeɪ.və/

Noun

cava

  1. plural of cavum

Etymology 4

Noun

cava (countable and uncountable, plural cavas)

  1. Alternative form of kava

References

  • “cava”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “cava”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • AACV, Vaca, vaca

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Catalan cava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaba/ [ka.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba, -a
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va

Noun

cava inan

  1. Cava (wine)

Declension

Further reading

  • “cava”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cava, from Latin cavus (“hollow, concave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈka.βə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈka.və]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.va]

Noun

cava f (plural caves)

  1. wine cellar
  2. cigar box

Noun

cava m (plural caves)

  1. cava (wine)
Related terms
  • cova

Further reading

  • “cava”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “cava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “cava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “cava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

cava

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaː.vaː/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va
  • Rhymes: -aːvaː

Noun

cava m (plural cava's, diminutive cavaatje n)

  1. Cava

Fijian

Pronoun

cava

  1. what

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cava (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): Back-formation from cavar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑβɐ]

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

  1. (viticulture) digging, hoeing the ground
  2. mine, excavation
    Synonym: mina
  3. (archaic) basement

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cava”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cava”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cava”, 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), “cava”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cava”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

cava

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: cà‧va

Etymology 1

Adjective

cava f sg

  1. feminine singular of cavo

Etymology 2

From Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cava f (plural cave)

  1. quarry, mine
Descendants
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal) ка̑ва / kȃva
  • → Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: kȏva

Etymology 3

Verb

cava

  1. inflection of cavare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • vaca

Latin

Pronunciation

  • cava: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.wa]
  • cava: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.va]
  • cavā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.waː]
  • cavā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.va]

Etymology 1

See cavus.

Adjective

cava

  1. inflection of cavus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

cavā

  1. ablative feminine singular of cavus

Etymology 2

Nominalization of cavus, likely by reinterpretation of the plural of the neuter noun cavum as a feminine singular form.

Noun

cava f (genitive cavae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) a hollow, hole, cave, pit, cavern
Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 3

See cavum.

Noun

cava n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cavum

Etymology 4

Verb

cavā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cavō

References

  • "cava", 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)

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

  1. cellar

Further reading

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 44.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va

Etymology 1

Either deverbal from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

  1. armhole (hole for the arm in clothing)
  2. pit (hole dug in the ground)
    Synonyms: vala, buraco, cavouco
  3. Ellipsis of veia cava (“large vein”).

Etymology 2

Verb

cava

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Adjective

cava

  1. feminine singular of cavo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaba/ [ˈka.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: ca‧va

Etymology 1

Derived regressively from the verb cavar.

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

  1. dig

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

  1. cave or cellar where certain kinds of wines are processed
  2. in a palace, a dependency where the water and wine drunk by royalty is looked after

Noun

cava m (plural cavas)

  1. sparkling wine
Related terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cava

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cava f

  1. feminine singular of cavo

Further reading

  • “cava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

  • vaca

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