camal

Catalan

Etymology

From cama +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈmal]

Noun

camal m (plural camals)

1. (clothing) leg

Further reading

• “camal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French camail (“aventail”), from Old Occitan capmalh (“aventail”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmaw/ [kaˈmaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmal/ [kɐˈmaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmal/ [kɐˈmaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈma.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ca‧mal

Noun

camal m (plural camais)

1. aventail

Related terms

• malha, coifa