different between cave vs cava

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B throat (kor), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek ???? (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian ??? (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit ????? (??nya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English s?ræf.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?v, IPA^(key): /ke?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Noun

cave (plural caves)

1. A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

2. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
3. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.

4. A place of retreat, such as a man cave.

5. (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.

6. (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
7. (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
8. (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
9. (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
10. (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
11. (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
12. (programming) A code cave.

Synonyms

• earthhole

Derived terms

• cave dweller
• caveman
• cave painting
• cavewoman
• seacave

Translations

Verb

cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)

1. To surrender.

2. To collapse.

3. To hollow out or undermine.

4. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.

   Synonym: spelunk
5. (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.

6. (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
7. (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.

Derived terms

• block caving
• cave in
• caver
• caving hammer

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cav?, second-person singular present active imperative of cave? (“to beware”). Used at Eton College, Berkshire.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k??v?, IPA^(key): /?ke?vi/
  • Rhymes: -e?vi
• Homophone: cavy

Interjection

cave

1. (Britain, school slang) look out!; beware!

Synonyms

• heads up, look out, watch it, see also Thesaurus:heads up

Derived terms

• keep cave

Translations

Anagrams

• evac

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kav/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave; cavity”).

Adjective

cave (plural caves)

1. pitted
2. concave
3. cavernous

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin cava, substantivized form of Latin cava, feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cave f (plural caves)

1. A cellar or basement.
2. (specifically) A wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar.
3. (by extension) A wine selection.
4. caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced.
5. cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors.

Derived terms

• cave à vin

Etymology 3

Probably from cavé, from the past participle of caver, a term used in games.

Noun

cave m (plural caves)

1. (Quebec, slang) An imbecile, a stupid person.

Anagrams

• avec

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

cave

1. feminine plural of cavo

Noun

cave f

1. plural of cava

Latin

Verb

cav?

1. second-person singular present imperative of cave?
   • 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon

     Cave canem.

     Beware of the dog.

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cave f (plural caves)

1. (Jersey) cave, cellar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avi

Noun

cave m (plural caves)

1. cellar

Verb

cave

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
3. third-person singular imperative of cavar

Spanish

Verb

cave

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cavar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cavar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cavar.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cava (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine

Etymology 2

Noun

cava (plural cavae or cavas)

1. (anatomy) The vena cava.

Etymology 3

Noun

cava

1. plural of cavum

Anagrams

• AACV, Vaca, vaca

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cavus (“hollow, concave”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?ka.v?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ka.b?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ka.va/

Noun

cava f (plural caves)

1. wine cellar
2. cigar box

Noun

cava m (plural caves)

1. cava (wine)

Further reading

• “cava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cava” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Fijian

Pronoun

cava

1. what

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

cava f sg

1. feminine singular of cavo

Etymology 2

From Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cava f (plural cave)

1. quarry, mine

Etymology 3

Verb

cava

1. third-person singular present of cavare
2. second-person singular imperative of cavare

Anagrams

• vaca

Latin

Adjective

cava

1. nominative feminine singular of cavus
2. nominative neuter plural of cavus
3. accusative neuter plural of cavus
4. vocative feminine singular of cavus
5. vocative neuter plural of cavus

Adjective

cav?

1. ablative feminine singular of cavus

Verb

cav?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cav?

References

• cava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Occitan

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

1. cellar

Further reading

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, ?ISBN, page 44.

Portuguese

Etymology

Either derived regressively from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?ka.v?/
• Rhymes: -av?

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

1. armhole (hole for the arm in clothing)
2. pit (hole dug in the ground)

   Synonyms: vala, buraco, cavouco

3. Short for veia cava (“large vein”).

Verb

cava

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cavar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cavar

Adjective

cava

1. feminine singular of cavo

Spanish

Etymology 1

Derived regressively from the verb cavar.

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

1. dig

Etymology 2

From Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cava f (plural cavas)

1. cave or cellar where certain kinds of wines are processed
2. in a palace, a dependency where the water and wine drunk by royalty is looked after

Noun

cava m (plural cavas)

1. sparkling wine

Related terms

• cavar
• caverna
• cavo
• cueva

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

cava

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cavar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cavar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cavar.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

cava

1. feminine singular of cavo

Anagrams

• vaca