cauda
See also: cåuda
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
- tail
Latin
Alternative forms
- cōda
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kaudā (“tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂, from *keh₂w-. Compare Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.da/, [ˈkäu̯d̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.da/, [ˈkäːu̯d̪ä]
Noun
cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension
- A tail (of an animal)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cauda | caudae |
| Genitive | caudae | caudārum |
| Dative | caudae | caudīs |
| Accusative | caudam | caudās |
| Ablative | caudā | caudīs |
| Vocative | cauda | caudae |
Antonyms
- caput
Derived terms
- cauda illa
- caudālis (“having a tail; caudal”)
- caudam trahere
- caudātus (“tailed, caudate; lengthened, extended, elongated”) (Mediaeval)
- caudiformis
Descendants
- Dalmatian: cauda (note: by regular sound changes, maybe also from Vulgar Latin cōda)
- → Old 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
- Study of Language, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1994
Portuguese
cauda
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. See also cola, inherited from the same origin.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.dɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.dɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.da/ [ˈkaʊ̯.da]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.dɐ/ [ˈkaw.ðɐ]
- Homophone: calda (Brazil)
- Rhymes: -awdɐ
- Hyphenation: cau‧da
Noun
cauda f (plural caudas)
- tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)
- Synonym: rabo
- tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object)
- (clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor
- (aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)
- Synonym: empenagem
- (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
- (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
- (figurative) consequences
Related terms
- caudal
- coda
- cola
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkauda/ [ˈkau̯.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -auda
- Syllabification: cau‧da
Noun
cauda f (plural caudas)
- tail (of a garment)
Further reading
- “cauda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014