foculare

Latin

Etymology 1

From focus (“fireplace”) +‎ -ulus (“diminutive suffix”) +‎ -āre (“relative suffix”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

foculāre n (genitive foculāris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) a fireplace, hearth
    Synonym: focus
Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

singular plural
nominative foculāre foculāria
genitive foculāris foculārium
dative foculārī foculāribus
accusative foculāre foculāria
ablative foculārī foculāribus
vocative foculāre foculāria
Descendants
  • Ligurian: fogoâ
  • Old French: foolair
  • Italian: focolare
  • Lucchese: focalare
  • Piedmontese: fuliér
  • Romansch: föcler, fluêr
  • Sicilian: fugularu, cufularu
  • Venetan: fogoler

Etymology 2

Verb

fōculāre

  1. inflection of fōculō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

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