cavern
English
/ˈkæv.ən/, /ˈkæv.ɚn/
noun
Definitions
- A large cave.
- An underground chamber.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French caverne derived from Latin caverna (cavern, cave, grotto, cavity).
Origin
Latin
caverna
Gloss
cavern, cave, grotto, cavity
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bronchocavernous English
- caverned English
- cavernicolous English
- cavernlike English
- cavernoma English
- cavernous English
- cavernously English
- extracavernous English
- intercavernous English
- intracavernous English
- mesocavern English
- noncavernous English
- paracavernous English
- pericavernous English
- caverna Latin
- cavernatim Latin
- caverno Latin
- cavernosus Latin
- cavus Latin
- caverna Italian
- caverne French
- caverna Spanish, Castilian
- cavernícola Spanish, Castilian
- caverna Portuguese
- caverne Old French
- caverna Catalan, Valencian
- caverne Middle French