French

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Adjective

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focale

  1. feminine singular of focal

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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focale (plural focali)

  1. focal
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Latin

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Etymology

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From fōc- (throat) +‎ -āle.

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Noun

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fōcāle n (genitive fōcālis); third declension

  1. a neckcloth, cravat worn by sick people

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative fōcāle fōcālia
genitive fōcālis fōcālium
dative fōcālī fōcālibus
accusative fōcāle fōcālia
ablative fōcālī fōcālibus
vocative fōcāle fōcālia

Descendants

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  • >? Old French: foaille

References

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  • 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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