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costal

English

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Etymology

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From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.

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costal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a rib.
  2. (biology) Pertaining to a costa.
    1. (entomology) Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.

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Noun

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costal (plural costals or costales)

  1. (historical) Synonym of saco, a historical Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L

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Catalan

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costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costals)

  1. (anatomy, relational) rib; costal
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French

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costal (feminine costale, masculine plural costaux, feminine plural costales)

  1. costal

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since the 13th century. From Latin costalis.

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costal m or f (plural costais)

  1. costal

Noun

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costal m (plural costais)

  1. (historical) sack used for carrying loads at the back
    • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:
      Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeiros
      Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora
    Synonym: saco
  2. flour sack
    Synonym: saco
  3. packthread; cord used to tie a skein
    Synonym: conda
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Manx

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Etymology

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cost ‎ -al

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costal

  1. valuable, precious, sumptuous, costly

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French costal.

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costal m or n (feminine singular costală, masculine plural costali, feminine and neuter plural costale)

  1. costal

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Declension of costal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite costal costală costali costale
definite costalul costala costalii costalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite costal costale costali costale
definite costalului costalei costalilor costalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin costālis. First attested in 1843.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /kosˈtal/ [kosˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cos‧tal

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costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costales)

  1. (anatomy) costal (of or related to a rib)

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Noun

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costal m (plural costales)

  1. gunny sack (a sack of cheap materials used to transport bulk dry goods)
    Tráeme tres costales de azúcar.
    Bring me three sacks of sugar.
    • 1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte:
      Me gusta andar por la sierra, me crié entre los matorrales / Ahí aprendí a hacer las cuentas nomás contando costales
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  2. (historical) a historical unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L
    Synonym: saco
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  • → Tagalog: kostal

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “278”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page cuesta

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