cavern

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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)

1. A large cave.
2. An underground chamber.

Related terms

• cavernous

Translations

large cave

• Bulgarian: пещера (bg) f (peštera)
• Catalan: caverna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大山洞 (dà shāndòng)

• 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, antrum n, specus m
• 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)
• Spanish: caverna (es) f
• Swedish: grotta (sv) c
• Turkish: büyük mağara (tr)

underground chamber

• Bulgarian: пещерна зала (pešterna zala)
• Catalan: caverna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地下深處, 地下深处 (dìxià shēnchù)

• 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)
• Spanish: caverna (es) f
• 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

Verb

cavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)

1. (transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.

   catacombs caverning the hillsides

2. (transitive) To put into a cavern.

Anagrams

• Craven, carven, craven