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cavia

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See also: Cavia, cávia, and çavia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cávia or New Latin cavia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːviˌjaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧via

Noun

cavia f (plural cavia's, diminutive caviaatje n)

  1. guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
    Synonym: zeevarken

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From New Latin Cavia, from Old Galician-Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat”), from Old Tupi saujá. Compare Portuguese sauiá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.vja/
  • Rhymes: -avja
  • Hyphenation: cà‧via

Noun

cavia f (plural cavie)

  1. guinea pig (rodent)
    Synonym: porcellino d'India
  2. guinea pig (experimental subject)
    fare da/la cavia ― be the (experimental) guinea pig

Further reading

  • cavia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cavia f (genitive caviae); first declension

  1. intestine(s) (of animals)

Declension

First-declension noun.

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