casal

See also: Casal

English

Etymology

From case +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪsəl/

Adjective

casal (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to case.

   a casal ending

   casal affix

   casal terminatiion

References

• “casal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AACSL, Calas, Scala, calas, scala

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈzal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈzal]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. a manor house
2. the seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature
3. a noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon
   • 2016 April 13, Òscar Adamuz, “Sobre el català i l'ús de les llengües a la Corona d'Aragó; una Franja d'història”, in La Veu del País Valencià:

     Per tant, sembla clar que la llengua aragonesa (o la castellana) no era pas desconeguda entre els reis del casal d'Aragó

     So it seems clear that the Aragonese language (or the Castilian) was not unknown to the kings of the House of Aragon

Further reading

• “casal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• casar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, 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. homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)

   Synonym: casarío

2. hamlet

   Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro, poubea, vilar

Derived terms

• Casais
• Casal
• Casal do Mato
• Casar
• Casar do Mato
• Casarellos
• Casares
• Casás

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “casal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “casal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish casal (“mantle, cloak, chasuble”), from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

Noun

casal m (genitive singular casail, nominative plural casail)

1. (Christianity) chasuble
2. mantle

Declension

Declension of casal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative casal casail Vocative a chasail a chasala Genitive casail casal Dative casal casail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an casal na casail Genitive an chasail na gcasal Dative leis an gcasal don chasal leis na casail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casal	chasal	gcasal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “chasuble”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Occitan

Alternative forms

• casau (Gascony)
• chasal (Auvergne)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. (Languedoc) vegetable garden

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈzaw/ [kaˈzaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈza.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• 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 using this term, see Citations:casal.

Derived terms

• cama de casal
• quarto de casal

 

Related terms

• casa

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsal/ [kaˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ca‧sal

Noun

casal m (plural casales)

1. country house

   Synonym: casa de campo

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

   Synonyms: hogar, lar

Related terms

• casa

 

Further reading

• “casal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014