different between bach vs cabana

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bat?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?t?/
• Rhymes: -æt?
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *b?x, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• t? bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cabaña. Doublet of cabin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??bæn?/
• Rhymes: -æn?

Noun

cabana (plural cabanas)

1. A cabin or hut for relaxing.
2. (Canada, US) A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.

Translations

See also

• cabin

Further reading

• “cabana”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Catalan

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k??ba.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka?ba.na/

Noun

cabana f (plural cabanes)

1. Alternative form of cabanya (“hut”)

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin capanna, attested by Isidore of Seville, and well documented in local Medieval charters at least since the 10th century. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate of English cabin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka??ana?/

Noun

cabana f (plural cabanas)

1. cabin, hut, shack; barn
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 88:

     pensarõ que mellores moradas poderiam aver que as que aviam, et buscarõ mays sobre esto, et tomarõ madeyros que arrymarõ aas p?nas et aas grandes aruores et cobriã aqueles madeyros dos rramos das aruores et das eruas, et fezerõ logo desto moradas pequenas asy cõmo cabanas ou choças enque morassem.

     they though that they could get better dwellings than that that they had, so they searched about this, and they took logs that they supported against boulders and against large trees, and they covered them with branches and grasses, and so they made of these some minor dwellings, such as cabins or huts, where they can live

   Synonyms: alboio, alpendre, cabanel, pendello

Derived terms

References

• “cabana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cabana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cabana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cabana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cabana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• chabana

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin capanna.

Noun

cabana f (plural cabanas)

1. (Gascony, Languedoc, Provençal) cabin, hut

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca?ba?na
• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

cabana f (plural cabanas)

1. cabin, hut, shack