"ca" meaning in Catalan

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Noun

IPA: [ˈka] [Balearic, Central, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav Forms: cans [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la|canis|canis, canem|dog|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin canis, canem (“dog”), {{inh+|ca|la|canis|canis, canem|t=dog}} Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”) Head templates: {{ca-noun|m|#ns}} ca m (plural cans)
  1. dog Tags: masculine Synonyms: gos Hyponyms: cus (alt: Balearics) (english: little dog) [masculine], cussa (alt: Balearics) (english: female dog) [feminine], gos (english: male dog) [masculine], gossa (english: female dog) [feminine] Derived forms: acanissar (english: to sic a dog on), ca de bestiar (english: Majorca Shepherd Dog), ca de bou (english: Majorca Mastiff), ca eivissenc (english: Ibizan Hound), Ca Major (english: Canis Major), ca mè mallorquí (english: Majorcan Pointer), ca petaner, ca rater mallorquí (english: Majorcan Ratter)
    Sense id: en-ca-ca-noun-zWNX792W Categories (other): Catalan masculine nouns ending in -a, Mallorcan Catalan, Dogs Disambiguation of Mallorcan Catalan: 34 37 28 Disambiguation of Dogs: 89 10 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈka] [Balearic, Central, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav Forms: cas [plural]
Head templates: {{ca-noun|f|#s}} ca f (plural cas)
  1. the letter K (lowercase k) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ca-ca-noun-vhwQ2Ns4 Categories (other): Mallorcan Catalan, Latin letter names Disambiguation of Mallorcan Catalan: 34 37 28 Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 30 68 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

IPA: [ˈka] [Balearic, Central, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav
Etymology: Apocopated form of casa. Compare French chez, Spanish ca, Italian ca'. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|chez}} French chez, {{cog|es|ca}} Spanish ca, {{cog|it|ca'}} Italian ca' Head templates: {{head|ca|particle}} ca
  1. the house (of) Derived forms: cal, cals, can, cas
    Sense id: en-ca-ca-particle-tp0De1wH Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Catalan particles, Mallorcan Catalan Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 27 4 69 Disambiguation of Catalan particles: 25 4 70 Disambiguation of Mallorcan Catalan: 34 37 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Aquell casalot és cal Ramon.",
          "translation": "That mansion is Ramon’s house.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ],
            [
              16,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We speak Catalan at our house.",
          "text": "Parlem català a ca nostra.",
          "translation": "We speak Catalan at our house.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the house (of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈka]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-ca.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ca"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ca meaning in Catalan (6.2kB)


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