cavern

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.və(ɹ)n/
Rhymes: -ævə(ɹ)n

Noun

cavern (plural caverns)

A large cave.
An underground chamber.

Translations

large cave

Bulgarian: пещера (bg) f (peštera)
Dutch: grot (nl) f, krocht (nl) f, hol (nl) n
Esperanto: kaverno
Finnish: luola (fi)
French: caverne (fr) f, grotte (fr) f
German: große Höhle (de) f, Grotte (de) f
Ido: kaverno (io)
Latgalian: ola f

Latin: caverna f
Polish: jaskinia (pl) f
Portuguese: caverna (pt) f
Romanian: cavernă (ro) f, peșteră (ro) f, grotă (ro) f
Russian: пеще́ра (ru) f (peščéra), грот (ru) m (grot)
Swedish: grotta (sv) c
Turkish: büyük mağara (tr)

underground chamber

Bulgarian: пещерна зала (pešterna zala)
Finnish: luola (fi)
German: (manmade) Kaverne (de) f
Latgalian: ola f, zamzemis ola f

Latin: caverna f
Portuguese: caverna (pt) f
Russian: каве́рна (ru) f (kavérna)
Swedish: jordkula (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} cuasán m, ^{(please verify)} fotholl m, ^{(please verify)} polladh m

Anagrams

Craven, carven, craven

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