caudal

Borrowed from Latin cauda (“tail”) +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːdəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːdəl

caudal (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
   • Darwin

     the male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 3:

     Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

• queue

caudal (plural caudals)

1. A caudal vertebra.

Borrowed from Latin caudālis, from cauda. See also queue.

• IPA^(key): /ko.dal/

caudal (feminine singular caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales)

1. (anatomy) caudal

• “caudal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.ˈdaw/

Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). Equivalent to cauda +‎ -al.

caudal m or f (plural caudais, comparable)

1. (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)

caudal f (plural caudais)

1. caudal vertebra

   Synonym: vértebra caudal

Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

caudal m (plural caudais)

1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)

   Synonym: torrente

2. (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)

   Synonyms: fluxo, vazão

3. (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something

   Synonym: monte

caudal m or f (plural caudais, comparable)

1. torrential (flowing heavily)

   Synonyms: caudaloso, torrencial

• IPA^(key): /kauˈðal/

From Old Spanish cabdal, from Latin capitālis. Doublet of capital.

caudal m (plural caudales)

1. flow
2. volume
3. funds

• caudaloso

Borrowed from Latin caudālis.

caudal (plural caudales)

1. caudal