English

Adjective

caudal ‎(not comparable)

1. (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
   • Darwin

     the male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 3:

     Dassoud […] stepped forward with a lash composed of the caudal appendages of half a dozen wildebeests.

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Derived terms

Noun

caudal ‎(plural caudals)

1. A caudal vertebra.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.dal/

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin caudālis, from cauda. See also queue.

Adjective

caudal m ‎(feminine singular caudale, masculine plural caudaux, feminine plural caudales)

1. (anatomy) caudal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.ˈdaw/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin caudālis ‎(“having a tail”), from cauda ‎(“tail”). Equivalent to cauda +‎ -al.

Adjective

caudal m, f ‎(plural caudais, comparable)

1. (zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)

Derived terms

• barbatana caudal
• nadadeira caudal
• vértebra caudal

Noun

caudal f (plural caudais)

1. caudal vertebra

Synonyms

• vértebra caudal

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis ‎(“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

Noun

caudal m (plural caudais)

1. torrent (heavy stream or flow)
2. (hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)
3. (figuratively) a great amount of volume of something

Synonyms

• (torrent): torrente
• (discharge): fluxo, vazão
• (great amount or volume): monte

Adjective

caudal m, f ‎(plural caudais, comparable)

1. torrential (flowing heavily)

Synonyms

• caudaloso, torrencial

Related terms

• cabeça
• cabedal
• caudalosidade
• caudaloso

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin capitālis.

Noun

caudal m ‎(plural caudales)

1. flow
2. volume
3. funds

Derived terms

• caudaloso

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin caudālis.

Adjective

caudal m, f ‎(plural caudales)

1. caudal