caudal

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔːdəl/ Rhymes: -ɔːdəl Homophones: caudle; coddle (cot–caught merger) === Adjective === caudal (not comparable) (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body. (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior. Antonyms: cephalad, cephalic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== queue ==== Translations ==== === Noun === caudal (plural caudals) A caudal vertebra. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Dacula, Laduca == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin caudālis, from cauda. See also queue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ko.dal/ === Adjective === caudal (feminine caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales) (anatomy) caudal ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “caudal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: cau‧dal === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). By surface analysis, cauda +‎ -al. ==== Adjective ==== caudal m or f (plural caudais) (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== caudal f (plural caudais) caudal vertebra Synonym: vértebra caudal === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital. ==== Noun ==== caudal m (plural caudais) torrent (heavy stream or flow) Synonym: torrente (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time) Synonyms: fluxo, vazão (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something Synonym: monte ==== Adjective ==== caudal m or f (plural caudais) torrential (flowing heavily) Synonyms: caudaloso, torrencial ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “caudal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caudal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French caudale. === Adjective === caudal m or n (feminine singular caudală, masculine plural caudali, feminine/neuter plural caudale) caudal ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kauˈdal/ [kau̯ˈð̞al] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: cau‧dal === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish cabdal, from Latin capitālis. Doublet of capital. Cognate with English chattel, cattle and capital. ==== Noun ==== caudal m (plural caudales) flow capital (money) volume funds ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin caudālis. ==== Adjective ==== caudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural caudales) caudal (pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “caudal”, 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