different between calas vs cabas

English

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Nupe kara (“fried cake”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?.?l??/

Noun

calas pl (plural only)

1. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.

Anagrams

• AACSL, Casal, Scala, casal, scala

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

Verb

calas

1. second-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams

• laças

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.la?s/, [?kä??ä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.las/, [?k??l?s]

Verb

cal?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of cal?

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca?las

Verb

calas

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of calar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kalas/, [?ka.las]

Noun

calas f pl

1. plural of cala

Verb

calas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of calar.

Volapük

Noun

calas

1. genitive plural of cal

English

Alternative forms

• caba

Etymology

French cabas

Noun

cabas

1. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
2. A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
   • a. 1847, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor, published 1857

     I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas […]

Anagrams

• AACSB, ASBCA, BCAAs, Bacas, abacs

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan cabas, a word of Iberian origin (compare Catalan cabàs, Old Portuguese cabaz, Spanish copazo and cabás).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.b?/, /ka.ba/

Noun

cabas m (plural cabas)

1. shopping basket

Descendants

• ? English: cabas

Further reading

• “cabas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).