caule

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of col.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkaw.lə]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkaw.le]

Noun

caule m (plural caules)

(botany) stem
Synonyms: tija, tronc

Related terms

caulinar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis. See also cavolo.

Noun

caule m (plural cauli)

(botany) stem (of a herbaceous plant)

Related terms

Noun

caule

ablative singular of caulis

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.li/ [ˈkaʊ̯.li]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.le/ [ˈkaʊ̯.le]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.lɨ/

Rhymes: -awli, -awlɨ
Hyphenation: cau‧le

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of couve.

Noun

caule m (plural caules)

(botany) stem (part of the axis of a plant, which normally supports the leaves)

Etymology 2

Verb

caule

inflection of caular:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Alternative forms

caul, cawl, kawle

Etymology

From Middle English colt, from Old English colt (“young donkey, young camel”), from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, boy, lad”). Related to child.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔːl/
Homophone: coale

Noun

caule (plural caulès) ^[1]

horse
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 12^[2]:
  'Tus a gearded ee freightened Billeen's yola caule.
  'Twas a goat that frightened Billy's old caule (horse).

References

[1]
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 29
[2]
Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

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[1] [1]
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 29

[2] [2]
Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

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