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4-letter words (1 found)

CAVA,

3-letter words (3 found)

AVA,CAA,VAC,

2-letter words (1 found)

AA,

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Definitions and meaning of cava

cava

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.

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
  • Hyphenation: ca‧va

Noun

cava inan

  1. Cava (wine)

Declension

Further reading

  • "cava" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

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): (Valencian) [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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “cava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “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

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

  • “cava” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cava” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “caua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cava” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cava” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cava” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯a/, [ˈkäu̯ä]
  • cava: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.va/, [ˈkäːvä]
  • cavā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯aː/, [ˈkäu̯äː]
  • cavā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.va/, [ˈkäːvä]

Etymology 1

See cavus.

Adjective

cava

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • vaca

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