cavall

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈβaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈvaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈvaʎ]

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• Rhymes: -aʎ

cavall m (plural cavalls)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight
3. (drug slang) horse, H

• “cavall”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cavall”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cavall” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cavall” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Latin caballus.

Akin to Italian cavallo.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈval/ (Milanese)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈal/ (Bergamasque)

cavall m (plural cavai)

1. horse