# casal
## English
### Etymology

From case +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeɪsəl/

### Adjective

casal (not comparable)
* (grammar) Of or relating to a case.
    a casal ending
    casal affix
    casal terminatiion

### References

* “casal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* AACSL, Calas, Scala, calas, scala

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəˈzal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kaˈzal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Noun

casal m (plural casals)
* a manor house
* the seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature
* a noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon
** 2016 April 13, Òscar Adamuz, “Sobre el català i l'ús de les llengües a la Corona d'Aragó; una Franja d'història”, in La Veu del País Valencià:Per tant, sembla clar que la llengua aragonesa (o la castellana) no era pas desconeguda entre els reis del casal d'AragóSo it seems clear that the Aragonese language (or the Castilian) was not unknown to the kings of the House of Aragon

### Further reading

* “casal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* casar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale, Old French chesal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈsal/

### Noun

casal m (plural casais)
* homestead (a house together with surrounding land and buildings)
    Synonym: casarío
* hamlet
    Synonyms: barrio, casarío, lugar, quinteiro, rueiro, poubea, vilar

#### Derived terms

* Casais
* Casal
* Casal do Mato
* Casar
* Casar do Mato
* Casarellos
* Casares
* Casás

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “casal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “casal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casal”, 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), “casal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish casal (“mantle, cloak, chasuble”), from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).

### Noun

casal m (genitive singular casail, nominative plural casail)
* (Christianity) chasuble
* mantle

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
casal
casail
vocative
a chasail
a chasala
genitive
casail
casal
dative
casal
casail
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an casal
na casail
genitive
an chasail
na gcasal
dative
leis an gcasal don chasal
leis na casail :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* “chasuble”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* casau (Gascony)
* chasal (Auvergne)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

casal m (plural casals)
* (Languedoc) vegetable garden

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈzaw/ [kaˈzaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈzal/ [kɐˈzaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈza.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: ca‧sal

### Noun

casal m (plural casais)
* couple, married couple
    O casal perfeito não existe. ― The perfect couple does not exist.
* pair
* (colloquial) a pair consisting of a male and a female
** 1983 December 16, Mario Sergio Della Rina, quoting Duda Mendonça, “Futebol vende. E emociona”, in Placar, number 708, São Paulo: Abril, →ISSN, page 36:Tenho um casal de gêmeos, de 12 anos, e meu garoto viveu a mesma situação.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* village, hamlet
* farmhouse

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:casal.

#### Derived terms

* cama de casal
* quarto de casal

#### Related terms

* casa

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Casal

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Catalan casal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈsal/ [kaˈsal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ca‧sal

### Noun

casal m (plural casales)
* country house
    Synonym: casa de campo
* (Canary Islands, Rioplatense, Paraguay, Venezuela) mating pair (of animals)
* (poetic) hearth
    Synonyms: hogar, lar
* empty lot

#### Related terms

* casa

### Further reading

* “casal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10