different between cabal vs realm

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 Middle English rewme, realme, reaume, from Old French reaume, realme (“kingdom”), of unclear origins. A postulated *r?g?limen (“domain, kingdom”), Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cross of r?gimen with r?g?lis is usually cited.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: r?lm, IPA^(key): /??lm/
• Rhymes: -?lm

Noun

realm (plural realms)

1. An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.
   • 1907, Tada Kanai, translated by Arthur Lloyd, Seven Buddhist Sermons, "The World and How to Pass Through It"

     Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?

   • 2006, Christian Neef, "Diary of a Collapsing Superpower", Spiegel Magazine, November 22,

     At home in Moscow, Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev, who had launched a campaign to rejuvenate the Soviet realm  […]
2. The domain of a certain abstraction.
   • 1922, Judson Eber Conant,The Church The Schools and Evolution, "Truth Must be Classified Scientifically",

     One thing more which the scientific man does is to accord primacy to that realm of truth which is primary in importance.

3. (computing) A scope of operation in networking or security.
4. (formal or law) A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, especially by a king.
   • 1874, Horatio Alger, Brave and Bold, Chapter XXXI,

     And, of this island realm, he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns.

   • 1913, Leslie Alexander Toke, Catholic Encyclopedia, "St. Dunstan",

     Then seeing his life was threatened he fled the realm and crossed over to Flanders, […]

5. (fantasy, role-playing games) An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise — usually ruled or created by a mystical character.
6. (virology, taxonomy) A taxonomic rank in the phylogeny of viruses, higher than kingdoms.

Synonyms

• (a territory or state): country, land, kingdom
• (a sphere of activity or influence): field, province

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Almer, Lamer, Lemar, Lerma, Maler, lamer, maerl, maler, marle, meral