Feminine
cadera
Meaning
- (feminine) hip
- (feminine, obsolete) chair
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Hyphenated as
ca‧de‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈdeɾa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish cadera (“chair, throne”), from Vulgar Latin cathégra (attested in Pompeiian inscriptions), variant of Latin cathedra (“armchair”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra. Compare Portuguese cadeira (“chair”), Catalan cadira, Lombard and Piedmontese cadrega, Venetan carega, Modern Greek καρέκλα (karékla).
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