jaula

Portuguese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.lɐ/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.lɐ/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.la/ [ˈʒaʊ̯.la]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒaw.lɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awlɐ
• Hyphenation: jau‧la

Noun

jaula f (plural jaulas)

1. cage (enclosure)

   Synonym: gaiola

Further reading

• “jaula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jaula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaula/ [ˈxau̯.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aula
• Syllabification: jau‧la

Noun

jaula f (plural jaulas)

1. cage
2. crate

Derived terms

• enjaular
• jaula de castidad
• jaula de Faraday
• jaula de grillos

Related terms

• gayola (“prison”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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