gaiola

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Old French gaiole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Vulgar Latin *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Doublet of xaula, borrowed again from Middle French.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈjɔla̝/

gaiola f (plural gaiolas)

1. cage

   Synonym: xaula

• Gaiola

• “gaiola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gaiola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gaiola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

gaiola f (please add the plural)

1. birdcage

From Old Portuguese, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Vulgar Latin *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). Cognate to Spanish gayola. Compare jaula, a doublet borrowed through French.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈjɔlɐ/

gaiola f (plural gaiolas)

1. cage
2. birdcage

• (cage): jaula

• gaiva
• gávea