ca - synonyms, antonyms, definitions

ca

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of ca in English

English Online Dictionary. What means ca‎? What does ca mean?

Translingual

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Catalan.

English

Preposition

Alternative spelling of ca.

Anagrams

A.C., a-c, ac., ℀, ac-, ac, a/c, AC, -ac, Ac, a.c., A/C

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *ciəp.

Noun

belt
band
sling

Verb

to adjoin
to fasten

References

Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 20 & 22 (2009)

Albanian

Alternative forms

disa

Etymology

From the contracted form of disa, dsa.

Pronoun

some

Related terms

References

Alutiiq

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *cu(na)- base, “nothing, anything”

Interjection

I don’t know

References

Fortescue, Michael. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Alaska Native Language Center, 2010
Leer, Jeff. Classroom Grammar of Koniag Alutiiq, Kodiak Island Dialect, Volume 1, Alaska Native Language Center, 1990

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin quia.

Conjunction

because

Etymology 2

Shortening of casa from Latin casa.

Noun

ca f (plural cas)

(in certain contexts) house

Usage notes

The form ca is used only behind a proper noun or pronoun, usually the house's owner, and it would equivalent to saying "casa de". Additionally, the form "p'en ca" would be equivalent to "pa casa de" (for X's house) and "an ca" would be equivalent to "contra casa de" (towards X's house).

Esta ye ca Antón ― This is Antón's house

Esta casa ye d'Antón ― This house is Antón's

Esta comida ye p'en ca Antón ― This food is for Antón's house

Esta comida ye pa la casa onde vive Antón ― This food is for the house where Antón resides

Adjective

Alternative form of cada

Adverb

Alternative form of acá

Interjection

¡ca!

interjection of negation (no way!) or incredulity

References

https://mas.lne.es/diccionario/palabra/4801
https://mas.lne.es/diccionario/palabra/4803

https://www.diccionariu.alladixital.org/index.php?cod=8782

Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ga (“to roast (singular)”), from Proto-Cerrado *ga (“to roast (singular)”), from Proto-Jê [Term?], from Proto-Macro-Jê *ap .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/

Verb

ca (cu-class; non-finite xàr)

roast on embers (singular)

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).

Noun

ca m (plural cans)

dog
Synonym: gos m

Usage notes

This term is used in Catalonia or Valencia only in stock phrases, with gos (feminine gossa) being the term generally used for a dog.
In the Balearics, ca has retained its use as the primary word for a dog. However, instead of a feminine of ca, *cana, being used for a female dog, in the Balearics, cussa, the feminine of cus (“little dog”) is used.
Note also that those breeds of dogs that originated in the Balearics use ca and not gos to form name of the breed.

Hyponyms

(Balearics) cus m (“little dog”), (Balearics) cussa f (“female dog”)
gos m (“male dog”), gossa f (“female dog”)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

ca f (plural cas)

the letter K (lowercase k)

Usage notes

The letter K is not used in native Catalan words and thus its presence in a word is a fairly reliable indicator of a recent import.

Etymology 3

Apocopated form of casa. Compare French chez, Spanish ca, Italian ca'.

Particle

the house (of)
Anem a ca la Maria. ― We are going to Maria’s house.

Aquell casalot és cal Ramon. ― That mansion is Ramon’s house.

Parlem català a ca nostra. ― We speak Catalan at our house.

Usage notes

When followed by one of the articles el, els, en, and es, the word ca contracts with them into cal, cals, can, and cas, respectively.

Derived terms

cal, cals, can, cas

Central Nahuatl

Verb

To be.

Chibcha

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/

Noun

fence

References

Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

to be in a location

Usage notes

Ca is an irregular verb; its plural form is cate.

Particle

Used in affirmative statements.

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Dinka

Noun

ca (plural caak)

milk

References

Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[1], 2005

Fala

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka/
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ca

Adverb

(Valverdeñu) Alternative form of acá (“here”)

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Fijian

Adjective

bad, evil, base, vile
naughty
direful
pernicious
ruined, destroyed

Noun

badness
illness, calamity
harm

French

Preposition

Abbreviation of circa.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin quam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐ]

Conjunction

than
Synonym: ca non

Derived terms

ca non
có

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese ca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin quia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐ]

Conjunction

(archaic) because, since

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃáː/, /t͡ʃâː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃáː], [t͡ʃâː]

Ideophone

cā or câ

splattering of boiling fat

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsa/

Determiner

ca (plural ci)

Alternative form of ica (“this”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 炒 (chhá, “to stir fry; to sauté”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/
Rhymes: -t͡ʃa
Hyphenation: ca

Noun

a dish which uses the sauté technique

Italian

Etymology 1

Preposition

Abbreviation of circa.

Etymology 2

Inherited from a combination of Latin quam and quia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka/^°
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: cà

Conjunction

(archaic or dialectal) that, because

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

cappa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^**/ˈka/^*
Rhymes: -a

Noun

ca m or f (invariable)

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

References

Anagrams

AC, a.C., a.c.

Kayan

Noun

brown.

Noun

uncle, aunt.

Adjective

brown.

Ladin

Adverb

(Gherdëina) hither, to this place, to here, to me/us

Antonyms

Related terms

da oradecà
caprò
docà
ca tlo

Linngithigh

Noun

language
speech

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *tsaŋ¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꊿ (co).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tsʰa³³]

Noun

(Yao'an) person; people

Malay

Etymology

Likely from Cantonese 茶 (caa4)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/

Noun

ca (Jawi spelling چا, informal 1st possessive caku, 2nd possessive camu, 3rd possessive canya)

Synonyms

Mandarin

Romanization

Nonstandard spelling of cā.
Nonstandard spelling of cǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of cà.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *r-kaː. Cognate with Vietnamese gà.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaː¹/

Noun

(Mường Bi) chicken
tàn ca ― a flock of chickens

References

Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[3], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Neapolitan

Etymology

Variant of che, from Latin quid, quod. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/

Adverb

what

Conjunction

than (comparison between adjectives only)
that (as in 'the boy that I saw' ("O guaglio' ca vist'"))

Pronoun

that
who
which

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑː/

Proper noun

cā m

jackdaw

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keyworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 298.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit च (ca).

Particle

and (copulative particle)

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin casa. Compare Italian casa, Lombard cà.

Noun

ca f

house

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin quam.

Conjunction

(dated) than

Etymology 2

Contraction of com a.

Preposition

(Brazil, colloquial) with

Adverb

ca (not comparable)

Obsolete spelling of cá.

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

(Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈkaɐ̯]

Noun

ca f (invariable) (Ville Unite)

house
Ca brușêda ― Uninhabited house

Mètar so ca ― To get married

Ësar dla ca ― To be a frequent visitor

Fat in ca ― Homemade

Tus da ca ― Leave home
lineage
public building

Romanian

Alternative forms

ка (ca) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/
Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin quam. The expression ca și may derive from Latin quasi.

Adverb

than
Am o carte mai bună ca aceasta. ― I have a better book than this one.
as
Filmul este tot așa de interesant ca romanul. ― The movie is as interesting as the novel is.

Synonyms

decât

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin quia.

Conjunction

(obsolete) because
Synonyms: pentru că, întrucât, fiindcă, deoarece
(followed by să) in order to

Romansch

Alternative forms

che (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
tgi (Surmiran)
cu (Puter)
co (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin quam or quod.

Conjunction

(Sutsilvan) than

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaː/, IPA^(key): /kɑː/

Verb

ca (third-person singular simple present cas, present participle cain, simple past ca'd, past participle ca'd)

call
summon
drive something
go on, proceed
knock or push

Derived terms

ca canny

Contraction

(some Scots dialects) can't

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

ca (plural caak)

milk

References

Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[4], 2005

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ca
Homophone: ka

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin qua, alternative form of Latin quia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ca

Conjunction

(obsolete) because
Synonym: porque

Etymology 2

From ¡quia!.

Interjection

¡ca!

(Spain) Denotes incredulity or negation; oh no!
Synonyms: ¡quia!, ¡qué va!

Etymology 3

Clipping of casa.

Noun

ca f (uncountable)

(colloquial) house

Swedish

Adverb

circa; Abbreviation of cirka. Alternative form of c:a

Anagrams

Tarantino

Pronoun

ca (relative)

to whom
to which

Adjective

what

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kaːᴬ (“crow”), from onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Lao ກາ (kā), Northern Thai ᨠᩣ, Lü ᦂᦱ (k̇aa), Shan ၵႃ (kǎa), Tai Nüa ᥐᥣ (kaa), Tai Dam ꪀꪱ, Zhuang roegga, Tày ca.

Noun

(classifier tua) ca (𱍼)

common raven

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “เพกา?”)

Noun

(classifier mạy) ca

Oroxylum indicum
co mạy ca ― foot of a midnight horror tree

phắc ca ― fruit from a midnight horror tree

Derived terms

mác ca

Etymology 3

Compare cà.

Classifier

Precedes a different classifier to convey contempt towards the referrent
ca tua ma ― this goddamn dog

Prefix

Meaningless, occasionally intensifying prefix in mostly animal names as well as other nouns and adjectives, some of which have variants with cà

Derived terms

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[8] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[9] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]

Etymology 1

From French quart.

Noun

(classifier cái) ca

mug (cup)
mug (about 1/4 liter)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 歌 (“song”).

Noun

(classifier bài) ca

(literary, in compounds) a song
quốc ca ― national anthem

Derived terms

Verb

(colloquial in Southern Vietnam, somewhat literary in other dialects) to sing
(colloquial, ironic) to praise
(colloquial) to scold

Synonyms

(to sing): hát
(to praise): ca ngợi, ca tụng, ca vịnh

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French cas.

Noun

(medicine) case

Synonyms

(case): trường hợp

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From French quart. Compare Thai กะ (gà, “shift”).

Noun

shift (change of workers)
tan ca ― to finish one's shift

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Borrowed from French ka.

Noun

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Etymology 6

Preposition

ca • (𰙔)

(archaic) at, in
(archaic) place

Welsh

Alternative forms

(first-person singular future): caf (literary)
(second-person singular imperative): cei, cymer (colloquial)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaː/

Verb

inflection of cael:
1. first-person singular future colloquial
2. second-person singular imperative literary

ca

ca

Translingual

Symbol

English

Preposition

Anagrams

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

Noun

Verb

References

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Related terms

References

Alutiiq

Etymology

Interjection

References

Asturian

Etymology 1

Conjunction

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Adjective

Adverb

Interjection

References

Canela

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Usage notes

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Etymology 3

Particle

Usage notes

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Verb

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

Usage notes

Particle

Dinka

Noun

References

Fala

Pronunciation

Adverb

References

Fijian

Adjective

Noun

French

Preposition

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation