caudal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauda (“tail”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔːdəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːdəl

Adjective

caudal (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
    • Darwin
      the male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 3:
      Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

caudal (plural caudals)

  1. A caudal vertebra.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caudālis, from cauda. See also queue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.dal/

Adjective

caudal (feminine singular caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales)

  1. (anatomy) caudal

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaw.ˈdaw/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). Equivalent to cauda +‎ -al.

Adjective

caudal m, f (plural caudais, comparable)

  1. (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)
Derived terms
  • barbatana caudal
  • nadadeira caudal
  • vértebra caudal

Noun

caudal f (plural caudais)

  1. caudal vertebra
Synonyms
  • vértebra caudal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudais)

  1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)
  2. (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)
  3. (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something
Synonyms

Adjective

caudal m, f (plural caudais, comparable)

  1. torrential (flowing heavily)
Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kauˈðal/

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish cabdal, from Latin capitālis.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudales)

  1. flow
  2. volume
  3. funds
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin caudālis.

Adjective

caudal (plural caudales)

  1. caudal
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