cauda

== English == === Noun === cauda (plural caudae) (anatomy) Ellipsis of cauda equina. === See also === == Dalmatian == === Etymology === From Latin cauda, either directly (with preservation of /au̯/) or, more likely, via Vulgar Latin cōda (the source of all other Romance forms), with /'oː/ > /au̯/; cf. Latin nōmen > Dalmatian naum. === Noun === cauda f tail == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kaudā (“tail”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂ (“cleaved, separate”), from *keh₂w-. Compare cūdō (“to beat, hammer”), caudex (“tree trunk, stump”), Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkau̯.da] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaːu̯.da] === Noun === cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension tail (animal appendage) Alternative form: cōda Synonym: pēnis (archaic) Antonym: caput (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cauda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cauda”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. Doublet of cola, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === Homophone: calda (Brazil) Rhymes: -awdɐ Hyphenation: cau‧da === Noun === cauda f (plural caudas) tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals) Synonyms: (archaic) coda, rabo tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object) (clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor (aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft) Synonym: empenagem (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet) (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter) (figurative) consequences ==== Related terms ==== caudal coda cola === Further reading === “cauda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cauda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “cauda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cauda. Doublet of cola, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkauda/ [ˈkau̯.ð̞a] Rhymes: -auda Syllabification: cau‧da === Noun === cauda f (plural caudas) tail (of a garment) === Further reading === “cauda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025