casal

See also: Casal

English

Etymology

case +‎ -al

Adjective

casal (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to case.
    a casal ending

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for casal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsal/

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

  1. house, farm, farmhouse (houses and lands belonging to a family, in the country)
    Synonym: casarío
  2. hamlet
    Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro

Derived terms

References

  • “casal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “casal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “casal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “casal” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “casal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • casau (Gascony)
  • chasal (Auvergne)

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

  1. (Languedoc) vegetable garden

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ˈzaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sal

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

  1. couple, married couple
    O casal perfeito não existe.
    The perfect couple does not exist.
  2. pair
  3. village, hamlet
  4. farmhouse

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:casal.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Portuguese casal.

Noun

casal m (plural casales)

  1. country house
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay) mating pair (of animals)
  3. (poetic) hearth
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