# costal
## English
### Etymology

From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑstl̩/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒstl̩/
* Rhymes: -ɒstəl

### Adjective

costal (not comparable)
* Pertaining to a rib.
* (biology) Pertaining to a costa.
** (entomology) Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.

#### Derived terms

* antecostal
* chondrocostal
* costal cartilage
* costalgia
* costally
* extracostal
* hypocostal
* iliocostal
* infracostal
* intercostal
* intracostal
* midcostal
* paracostal
* pericostal
* phrenicocostal
* phrenocostal
* postcostal
* precostal
* retrocostal
* sacrocostal
* scapulocostal
* spondylocostal
* sternocostal
* subcostal
* supracostal
* vertebrocostal
* xiphocostal

#### Translations
### Noun

costal (plural costals or costales)
* (historical) Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L

### Anagrams

* tlacos, Catlos, octals

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kusˈtal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [kosˈtal]

### Adjective

costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costals)
* (anatomy, relational) rib; costal

#### Related terms

* costa
* costat
* costella

### Further reading

* “costal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “costal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “costal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “costal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

costal (feminine costale, masculine plural costaux, feminine plural costales)
* costal

### Further reading

* “costal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin costalis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kosˈtal/

### Adjective

costal m or f (plural costais)
* costal

### Noun

costal m (plural costais)
* (historical) sack used for carrying loads at the back
** 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:
    Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeirosAssize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora
    Synonym: saco
* flour sack
    Synonym: saco
* packthread; cord used to tie a skein
    Synonym: conda

#### Related terms

* costa

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “costal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costal”, 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), “costal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Manx
### Etymology

cost +‎ -al

### Adjective

costal
* valuable, precious, sumptuous, costly

#### Derived terms

* neuchostal

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French costal.

### Adjective

costal m or n (feminine singular costală, masculine plural costali, feminine and neuter plural costale)
* costal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin costālis. First attested in 1843.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kosˈtal/ [kosˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: cos‧tal

### Adjective

costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costales)
* (anatomy) costal (of or related to a rib)

#### Derived terms

* intercostal
* subcostal

#### Related terms

* costilla

### Noun

costal m (plural costales)
* gunny sack (a sack of cheap materials used to transport bulk dry goods)
    Synonym: talego
    Tráeme tres costales de azúcar.Bring me three sacks of sugar.
** 1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte:Me gusta andar por la sierra, me crié entre los matorrales / Ahí aprendí a hacer las cuentas nomás contando costales(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (historical) a historical unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L
    Synonym: saco

#### Related terms

* harina de otro costal

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: kostal

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “278”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page cuesta

### Further reading

* “costal”, 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