bacalhau

Portuguese

bacalhaus

Etymology

Unknown. If the element *bac- is a metathesis of *kab- (compare French cabillaud and German Kabeljau from Dutch kabeljauw), then the original form of the word could have been *cabalhau, maybe meaning "large-headed fish".

Cognate to Italian baccalà, Spanish bacalao.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.kɐ.ˈʎaw/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ka.ˈʎaw/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ca‧lhau
  • Rhymes: -aw

Noun

bacalhau m (plural bacalhaus)

  1. cod

Descendants

  • Hawaiian: pakaliao

Further reading

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