cavie

English

Etymology

Related to Käfig (“cage”).

Noun

cavie (plural cavies)

  1. (UK, dialect) A chicken coop.
    • 1882, John Strathesk, Bits from Blinkbonny; Or, Bell O' the Manse:
      Dan, Watty, and Bell went to the "cavie" or hencoop, folded back the old bag which had been dropt over the front of it to keep the inmates warm, and Dan saw to his intense delight two little heads peeping from under their feathery covering.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.vje/
  • Rhymes: -avje
  • Hyphenation: cà‧vie

Noun

cavie f pl

  1. plural of cavia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kávé. Doublet of cafea.

Noun

cavie f (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) coffee

Declension

Declension of cavie
only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative — —
genitive-dative — —
vocative —

References

  • cavie in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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