adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkɔːdəl/
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rhymes with -ɔːdəl
homophone: caudle
homophone: coddle (cot–caught merger)
CMU ARPABET:K AA1 D AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:K AO1 D AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: anatomical terms of location and direction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cephalad, cephalic
3
noun
Meaning 3
A caudal vertebra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
constituting or relating to a tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
caudal appendage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cephalic
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
caudal fins
the caudal end of the body
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
resembling a tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: taillike
Antonyms: none provided
7
adverb
Meaning 7
toward the posterior end of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caudally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ذَنَبِيّ
(ḏanabiyy)
— pertaining to the tail
Arabic:
ذَيْلِيّ
(ḏayliyy)
— pertaining to the tail
Belarusian:
хваставы́
(xvastavý)
— pertaining to the tail
Belarusian:
за́дні
(zádni)
— pertaining to the tail
Belarusian:
ты́льны
(týlʹny)
— pertaining to the tail
Bulgarian:
опа́шен
(opášen)
— pertaining to the tail
Bulgarian:
за́ден
(záden)
— pertaining to the tail
Catalan:
caudal
— pertaining to the tail
Chinese Mandarin:
尾部的
(wěibù de)
— pertaining to the tail
Czech:
ocasní
— pertaining to the tail
Finnish:
kaudaalinen
— pertaining to the tail
Finnish:
häntä-
— pertaining to the tail
Finnish:
pyrstö-
— pertaining to the tail
Finnish:
perä-
— pertaining to the tail
French:
caudal
— pertaining to the tail
Galician:
caudal
— pertaining to the tail
German:
kaudal
— pertaining to the tail
German:
schwanzartig
— pertaining to the tail
German:
Schwanz-
— pertaining to the tail
Ido:
kaudala
— pertaining to the tail
Irish:
eireabaill
— pertaining to the tail
Irish:
eireaballach
— pertaining to the tail
Italian:
caudale
— pertaining to the tail
Japanese:
尾側の
(bisoku no)
— pertaining to the tail
Latin:
caudalis
— pertaining to the tail
Manx:
arbyllagh
— pertaining to the tail
Persian:
دمی
(domi)
— pertaining to the tail
Polish:
ogonowy
— pertaining to the tail
Polish:
tylny
— pertaining to the tail
Portuguese:
caudal
— pertaining to the tail
Romanian:
caudal
— pertaining to the tail
Russian:
кауда́льный
(kaudálʹnyj)
— pertaining to the tail
Russian:
хвостово́й
(xvostovój)
— pertaining to the tail
Russian:
за́дний
(zádnij)
— pertaining to the tail
Russian:
ты́льный
(týlʹnyj)
— pertaining to the tail
Slovak:
chvostový
— pertaining to the tail
Spanish:
caudal
— pertaining to the tail
Tagalog:
buntutin
— pertaining to the tail
Tagalog:
pamuntot
— pertaining to the tail
Ukrainian:
хвостови́й
(xvostovýj)
— pertaining to the tail
Ukrainian:
за́дній
(zádnij)
— pertaining to the tail
Ukrainian:
ти́льний
(týlʹnyj)
— pertaining to the tail
