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caule

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of col.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caule m (plural caules)

  1. (botany) stem
    Synonyms: tija, tronc
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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin caulis. See also cavolo.

Noun

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caule m (plural cauli)

  1. (botany) stem (of a herbaceous plant)
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Latin

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Noun

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caule

  1. ablative singular of caulis

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.li/ [ˈkaʊ̯.li]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.le/ [ˈkaʊ̯.le]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of couve.

Noun

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caule m (plural caules)

  1. (botany) stem (part of the axis of a plant, which normally supports the leaves)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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caule

  1. inflection of caular:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English colt, from Old English colt (young donkey, young camel), from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (plump; stump; thick shape, bulb), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb), from *gel- (to ball up, amass). Cognate with Norwegian kult (treestump), Swedish kult (young boar, boy, lad). Related to child.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caule (plural caulès) [1]

  1. horse
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 12[2]:
      'Tus a gearded ee freightened Billeen's yola caule.
      'Twas a goat that frightened Billy's old caule (horse).

References

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  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 29
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland