costal
English edit
Etymology edit
From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑstl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒstl̩/
- Rhymes: -ɒstəl
Adjective edit
costal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a rib.
- (biology) Pertaining to a costa.
- (entomology) Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
pertaining to a rib
Noun edit
costal (plural costals or costales)
- (historical) Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costals)
- (anatomy, relational) rib; costal
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Further reading edit
- “costal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “costal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “costal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “costal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
costal (feminine costale, masculine plural costaux, feminine plural costales)
Further reading edit
- “costal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 13th century. From Latin costalis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
costal m or f (plural costais)
Noun edit
costal m (plural costais)
- (historical) sack used for carrying loads at the back
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:
- Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeiros
- Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora
- Synonym: saco
- 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:
- flour sack
- Synonym: saco
- packthread; cord used to tie a skein
- Synonym: conda
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References edit
- “costal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “costal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “costal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “costal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Manx edit
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Adjective edit
costal
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
costal m or n (feminine singular costală, masculine plural costali, feminine and neuter plural costale)
Declension edit
Declension of costal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | costal | costală | costali | costale | ||
definite | costalul | costala | costalii | costalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | costal | costale | costali | costale | ||
definite | costalului | costalei | costalilor | costalelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin costālis. First attested in 1843.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costales)
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Noun edit
costal m (plural costales)
- gunny sack (a sack of cheap materials used to transport bulk dry goods)
- Tráeme tres costales de azúcar.
- Bring me three sacks of sugar.
- 1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte:
- Me gusta andar por la sierra, me crié entre los matorrales / Ahí aprendí a hacer las cuentas nomás contando costales
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (historical) a historical unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L
- Synonym: saco
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Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: kustal
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) chapter 278, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page cuesta
Further reading edit
- “costal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014