cavilha
Galician
Noun
cavilha f (plural cavilhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of cavilla
Further reading
- “cavilha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan cavilla, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla, from syncopation of *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cavilha f (plural cavilhas)
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caviglia or Old Occitan cavilla, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla, from syncopation of *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of chavelha, cravelha, and clavícula.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈvi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈvi.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈvi.ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈbi.ʎɐ/ [kɐˈβi.ʎɐ]
- Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧lha
Noun
cavilha f (plural cavilhas)
Further reading
- “cavilha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “cavilha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “cavilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025