caul

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• UK: /kɔːl/
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• General-American: /kɔl/
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• cot-caught-merger: /kɑl/
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• rhymes with -ɔːl
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• homophone: call
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• homophone: coll
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• homophone: col (cot–caught merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AO1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English calle, kelle, kalle, kolle (“caul, net, basket”), from Old English cāwl, cāul, cēawl, cēaul (“basket, container, net, sieve”), of uncertain origin. Reinforced by Old French cale (“close-fitting cap”), possibly a borrowing of the Old English term above, or alternatively related to Old French calotte (“headdress”), from Italian callotta, from Latin calautica (“type of female headdress which fell down over the shoulders”), itself of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots kell (“caul”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: còfia — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• French: coiffe — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Irish: caipín sonais — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Japanese: コール (kōru) — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Maltese: borqom — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Russian: че́пчик (čépčik) — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Russian: чепе́ц (čepéc) — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Russian: се́тка (sétka) — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Russian: шля́пка (šljápka) — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Spanish: cofia — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Welsh: penguwch — a style of close-fitting circular cap
• Bulgarian: було (bulo) — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Chinese Mandarin: 網油 /网油 (wǎng yóu) — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Finnish: vatsakalvo — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• French: crépine — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• German: Fettnetz — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• German: Schweinenetz — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Irish: scannán — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Irish: scairt — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Italian: retina — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Italian: omento — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Navajo: akʼahłání — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Russian: мембра́на (membrána) — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Russian: перепо́нка (perepónka) — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Russian: жирова́я се́тка (žirovája sétka) — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Spanish: redaño — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Vietnamese: mỡ chài — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Welsh: gweren — the thin membrane which covers the lower intestines
• Chinese Mandarin: 胎膜 (tāimó) — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 胎衣 (tāiyī) — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Dutch: helm — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Finnish: onnenhattu — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• French: coiffe céphalique — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• German: Glückshaube — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Irish: scannán — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Irish: caipín sonais — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Māori: kahu — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Polish: czepek — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Portuguese: coifa — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Russian: руба́шка (rubáška) — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Russian: во́дная оболо́чка плода́ (vódnaja obolóčka plodá) — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Spanish: cofia cefálica — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Swedish: segerhuva — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Swedish: segerhatta — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Swedish: visdomshuva — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Welsh: gweren eni — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth
• Welsh: breithell — part of the amniotic sac which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth