focale
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
focale
- feminine singular of focal
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis. Cf. fuoco and -ale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈka.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: fo‧cà‧le
Adjective
focale (plural focali)
- focal
Related terms
- focalizzare
Anagrams
- -cefalo, cefalo, cefalo-, facole, fecola
Latin
Etymology
faux (“throat”) + -āle, neuter of -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /foːˈkaː.le/, [foːˈkäːɫ̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /foˈka.le/, [foˈkäːle]
Noun
fōcāle n (genitive fōcālis); third declension
- a neckcloth, cravat worn by sick people
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fōcāle | fōcālia |
| Genitive | fōcālis | fōcālium |
| Dative | fōcālī | fōcālibus |
| Accusative | fōcāle | fōcālia |
| Ablative | fōcālī | fōcālibus |
| Vocative | fōcāle | fōcālia |
Descendants
- Old French: foaille
References
- “focale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “focale”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers