jaula

Borrowed from Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea. Compare gaiola, an inherited doublet, and Spanish jaula, likewise borrowed from French.

• Rhymes: -awlɐ
• Hyphenation: jau‧la

jaula f (plural jaulas)

1. cage (enclosure)

   Synonym: gaiola

• “jaula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “jaula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea. Compare gayola, an inherited doublet. Cognates include English jail.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaula/ [ˈxau̯.la]

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• Rhymes: -aula
• Syllabification: jau‧la

jaula f (plural jaulas)

1. cage
2. crate

• → Tagalog: hawla
• → Cebuano: halwa
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xöola

• “jaula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28