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cal

Pronunciation: /kal/

“cal” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. horse
  2. knight

In Romanian

  1. (zool.) (Equus caballus) animal domestic erbivor, cu copita nedespicată, folosit la călărie și la tracțiune; (p.restr.) armăsar castrat.
  2. (p.ext.) nume dat unor aparate sau piese asemănătoare cu un cal.

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin or from something further east, such as a Scythian and ultimately Proto-Iranian [Term?] origin. The Romanian word likely went through an earlier hypothetical form *căal or *caual. Compare Aromanian cal.

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