focale

French

Pronunciation
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Adjective

focale

  1. feminine singular of focal

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin focālis. Cf. fuoco and -ale.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /foˈka.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: fo‧cà‧le

Adjective

focale (plural focali)

  1. focal

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Latin

Etymology

faux (“throat”) + -āle, neuter of -ālis.

Pronunciation

Noun

fōcāle n (genitive fōcālis); third declension

  1. a neckcloth, cravat worn by sick people

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fōcāle fōcālia
Genitive fōcālis fōcālium
Dative fōcālī fōcālibus
Accusative fōcāle fōcālia
Ablative fōcālī fōcālibus
Vocative fōcāle fōcālia

Descendants
  • Old French: foaille

References
  • “focale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “focale”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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