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6-letter words (2 found)

COSTAL,OCTALS,

5-letter words (23 found)

ALCOS,ALTOS,ASCOT,ATOCS,CALOS,CLAST,CLATS,CLOTS,COALS,COAST,COATS,COLAS,COLTS,COSTA,LOAST,LOTAS,LOTSA,OCTAL,OCTAS,SALTO,TACOS,TALCS,TOLAS,

4-letter words (44 found)

ACTS,ALCO,ALSO,ALTO,ALTS,ATOC,CALO,CALS,CAST,CATS,CLAT,CLOT,COAL,COAT,COLA,COLS,COLT,COST,COTS,LACS,LAST,LATS,LOCA,LOST,LOTA,LOTS,OAST,OATS,OCAS,OCTA,SALT,SCAT,SCOT,SLAT,SLOT,SOCA,SOLA,STOA,TACO,TALC,TAOS,TOCS,TOLA,TOSA,

3-letter words (25 found)

ACT,ALS,ALT,ATS,CAL,CAT,COL,COS,COT,LAC,LAS,LAT,LOS,LOT,OAT,OCA,SAC,SAL,SAT,SOC,SOL,SOT,TAO,TAS,TOC,

2-letter words (10 found)

AL,AS,AT,LA,LO,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of costal

costal

Etymology

From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑstl̩/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒstl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɒstəl

Adjective

costal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a rib.
  2. (biology) Pertaining to a costa.
    1. (entomology) Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

costal (plural costals or costales)

  1. (historical) Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L

Anagrams

  • octals, tlacos

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kusˈtal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [kosˈtal]

Adjective

costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costals)

  1. (anatomy, relational) rib; costal

Related terms

  • costa
  • costat
  • costella

Further reading

  • “costal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “costal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “costal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “costal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

costal (feminine costale, masculine plural costaux, feminine plural costales)

  1. costal

Further reading

  • “costal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin costalis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kosˈtal/

Adjective

costal m or f (plural costais)

  1. costal

Noun

costal m (plural costais)

  1. (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:
    Synonym: saco
  2. flour sack
    Synonym: saco
  3. packthread; cord used to tie a skein
    Synonym: conda

Related terms

  • costa

References

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

Manx

Etymology

cost +‎ -al

Adjective

costal

  1. valuable, precious, sumptuous, costly

Derived terms

  • neuchostal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French costal.

Adjective

costal m or n (feminine singular costală, masculine plural costali, feminine and neuter plural costale)

  1. costal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin costālis. First attested in 1843.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kosˈtal/ [kosˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cos‧tal

Adjective

costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costales)

  1. (anatomy) costal (of or related to a rib)

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

costal m (plural costales)

  1. gunny sack (a sack of cheap materials used to transport bulk dry goods)
  2. (historical) a historical unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L
    Synonym: saco

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: kustal

References

Further reading

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

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