different between cabal vs casal

English

Etymology

From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala , which in turn is derived from Hebrew ????????? (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??b??l/, /k??bæl/

Noun

cabal (plural cabals)

1. (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

   Synonym: camarilla

2. A secret plot.

   Synonym: conspiracy

3. An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
   • 1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia

     Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal. Some work together. Some never do explain.

Derived terms

• cabalistic
• cabbalistic
• TINC (“there is no cabal”)

Translations

Verb

cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle caballing, simple past and past participle caballed)

1. To engage in the activities of a cabal.

References

See also

• cabal glass

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin cap?lis, from Latin capit?lis. Equivalent to cap +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k??bal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka?bal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cabal (masculine and feminine plural cabals)

1. complete, total
2. upright, well-rounded

Noun

cabal m (plural cabals)

1. goods, possessions
2. (of a fluid) flow, discharge
3. (telecommunications) throughput

Derived terms

• cabaler

Further reading

• “cabal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin capalis or from cabo +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k???al]

Adjective

cabal m or f (plural cabais)

1. whole, complete
   • 1823, Pedro Boado Sánchez, Diálogo entre dos Labradores gallegos afligidos:

     E may-lo Alcalde habíase d’alegrar, qu’el tamen está picado, qu’ainda n-hay ano é medio cabal que lle morreo á muller, é tamen pagou á farda como cada fillo de veciño.

     And the mayor would also be glad, because he's also piqued, because there's not a whole year and a half that his wife died and he also paid the burden as every mother's son

   Synonym: completo

2. exact

   Synonym: exacto

Related terms

• cabo

References

• “cabal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cabal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Adjective

cabal m or f (plural cabais, comparable)

1. complete
2. rigorous
3. exact
4. satisfactory

Spanish

Etymology

cabo +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cabal (plural cabales)

1. upright, honest
2. exact
3. complete, entire, full

Derived terms

• en sus cabales

English

Etymology

From case +? -al

Adjective

casal (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to case.

Anagrams

• AACSL, Calas, Scala, calas, scala

Catalan

Etymology

From from Late Latin cas?le (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k??zal/

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka?zal/

Rhymes: -al

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. A manor house.
2. The seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature.
3. A noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon.
   • 2016 April 13, Òscar Adamuz, “Sobre el català i l'ús de les llengües a la Corona d'Aragó; una Franja d'història”, La Veu del País Valencià.

     Per tant, sembla clar que la llengua aragonesa (o la castellana) no era pas desconeguda entre els reis del casal d'Aragó.

     So it seems clear that the Aragonese language (or the Castilian) was not unknown to the kings of the House of Aragon.

Further reading

• “casal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• casar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese casal, from Late Latin cas?le (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?sal/

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

1. homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)

   Synonym: casarío

2. hamlet

   Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro, poubea, vilar

Derived terms

References

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish casal (“mantle, cloak, chasuble”), from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

Noun

casal m (genitive singular casail, nominative plural casail)

1. (Christianity) chasuble
2. mantle

Declension

Mutation

References

• "casal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “casal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “chasuble” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “casal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• casau (Gascony)
• chasal (Auvergne)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin cas?lis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or cas?le (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa.

Noun

casal m (plural casals)

1. (Languedoc) vegetable garden

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese casal, from Late Latin cas?lis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or cas?le (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k?.?za?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.?zaw/, [k?.?z?ä??]
• Hyphenation: ca?sal

Noun

casal m (plural casais)

1. couple, married couple

2. pair
3. village, hamlet
4. farmhouse

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casal.

Derived terms

Related terms

• casa

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cas?lis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or cas?le (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?sal/, [ka?sal]
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

casal m (plural casales)

1. country house
2. (Argentina, Uruguay) mating pair (of animals)
3. (poetic) hearth

Related terms

• casa