caudel

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === cawdel, cawdell, cawdelle === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Northern French caudel (Parisien chaudel), from Medieval Latin caldellum, diminutive of Latin caldus (“warm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kau̯ˈdɛːl/, /ˈkau̯dɛl/ === Noun === caudel (uncountable) caudle (hot drink given to the sick) A cooked (meat) loaf or cake. (rare) A disorder or mess. ==== Descendants ==== English: caudle; coddle Middle Scots: caudil → Welsh: cawdel ==== References ==== “caudē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cau‧del === Noun === caudel m (plural caudéis) alternative form of coudel ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “caudel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caudel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026