cava

== English == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.və/ Rhymes: -ɑːvə ==== Noun ==== cava (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine. === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of vena cava. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.və/ Rhymes: -eɪvə ==== Noun ==== cava (plural cavae or cavas) (anatomy) Ellipsis of vena cava. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑv.ə/, /ˈkeɪ.və/ ==== Noun ==== cava plural of cavum === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== cava (countable and uncountable, plural cavas) Alternative form of kava. === References === “cava”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “cava”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === AACV, Vaca, vaca == Basque == === Etymology === Ultimately from Catalan cava. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaba/ [ka.β̞a] Rhymes: -aba, -a Hyphenation: ca‧va === Noun === cava inan Cava (wine) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cava”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === From Late Latin cava, from Latin cavus (“hollow, concave”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈka.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈka.və] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.va] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈka.βa] ==== Noun ==== cava f (plural caves) wine cellar cigar box ==== Noun ==== cava m (plural caves) cava (wine) ===== Related terms ===== cova ==== Further reading ==== “cava”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “cava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “cava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cava”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cava inflection of cavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaː.vaː/ Hyphenation: ca‧va Rhymes: -aːvaː === Noun === cava m (plural cava's, diminutive cavaatje n) Cava == Fijian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Central Pacific *cava, from Proto-Oceanic *sapa, *apa, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sapa, *apa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sapa, *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapa, *apa. Cognates include Western Fijian ava, yava and Mota sava. ==== Pronoun ==== cava what (which thing) why (for what reason) ==== Determiner ==== cava which, what (of those mentioned or implied) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== cei (“who, whose, whom”) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Central Pacific *avaa, from Proto-Oceanic *apaʀat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *abaʀat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *abaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat. Cognates include Western Fijian cavā and Tongan afā. ==== Noun ==== cavā (meteorology) a storm of wind, hurricane; a heavy gale accompanied by rain ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== cagilaba (“hurricane, cyclone”, literally “murderous wind”) === References === Gatty, Ronald (2009), “cava”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 41 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese cava (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): Back-formation from cavar. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈkɑβɐ] ==== Noun ==== cava f (plural cavas) (viticulture) digging, hoeing the ground mine, excavation Synonym: mina (archaic) basement ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cava”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cava”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cava”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cava”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cava”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cava”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cava inflection of cavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.va/ Rhymes: -ava Hyphenation: cà‧va === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== cava f sg feminine singular of cavo === Etymology 2 === From Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus. ==== Noun ==== cava f (plural cave) quarry, mine ===== Descendants ===== → Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal) ка̑ва / kȃva → Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: kȏva === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== cava inflection of cavare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === vaca == Latin == === Pronunciation === cava: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.va] cavā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.waː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.va] === Etymology 1 === See cavus. ==== Adjective ==== cava inflection of cavus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Adjective ==== cavā ablative feminine singular of cavus === Etymology 2 === Nominalization of cavus, likely by reinterpretation of the plural of the neuter noun cavum as a feminine singular form. ==== Noun ==== cava f (genitive cavae); first declension (Late Latin) a hollow, hole, cave, pit, cavern ===== Inflection ===== First-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 3 === See cavum. ==== Noun ==== cava n nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cavum === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== cavā second-person singular present active imperative of cavō === References === "cava", 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) == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === cava f (plural cavas) cellar === Further reading === Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 44. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ Hyphenation: ca‧va === Etymology 1 === Either deverbal from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus. ==== Noun ==== cava f (plural cavas) armhole (hole for the arm in clothing) pit (hole dug in the ground) Synonyms: vala, buraco, cavouco ellipsis of veia cava (“large vein”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cava inflection of cavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== cava feminine singular of cavo === Further reading === “cava”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cava”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaba/ [ˈka.β̞a] Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: ca‧va === Etymology 1 === Derived regressively from the verb cavar. ==== Noun ==== cava f (plural cavas) dig === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus. ==== Noun ==== cava f (plural cavas) cave or cellar where certain kinds of wines are processed in a palace, a dependency where the water and wine drunk by royalty is looked after ==== Noun ==== cava m (plural cavas) sparkling wine Synonym: vino espumoso ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cava inflection of cavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== cava f feminine singular of cavo === Further reading === “cava”, 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 === Anagrams === vaca