cavern en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkav.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- kăv'ərn (General-American)
- /ˈkav.n̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- kăv'ən (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkæv.ɹən/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkæv.ɚn/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).
Meanings
- A large cave.
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An underground chamber.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55:
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A large, dark place or space.
a dark cavern of a shop
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caverns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cavernoma · incaverned · mesocavern · cavernous · cavernful · cavernlike · cavernitis · cavernicolous
Translations (50)
oc balma (large cave) · cmn 大山洞 (large cave) · sv grotta (large cave) · sv bergrum (underground chamber) · sl jama (large cave) · oj waanzh (large cave) · sl jama (large cave) · la caverna (large cave) · io kaverno (large cave) · enm caverne (large cave) · la caverna (underground chamber) · bg пещерна зала (underground chamber) · hu kaverna (large cave) · sv grottrum (underground chamber) · fr grotte (large cave) · oj waazh (large cave) · sv grottkammare (underground chamber) · es caverna (underground chamber) · fr caverne (large cave) · de große Höhle (large cave) · bg пещера (large cave) · ru пеще́ра (large cave) · ro cavernă (large cave) · nl hol (large cave) · ltg ola (large cave) · de Kaverne (underground chamber) · pl jaskinia (large cave) · fi luola (large cave) · tr büyük mağara (large cave) · ltg ola (underground chamber) · la antrum (large cave) · ca caverna (underground chamber) · pdt Heel (large cave) · pt caverna (large cave) · ru грот (large cave) · cmn 地下深處 /地下深处 (underground chamber) · ltg zamzemis ola (underground chamber) · nl krocht (large cave) · sv jordkula (underground chamber) · ro peșteră (large cave) · pt caverna (underground chamber) · fi luola (underground chamber) · es caverna (large cave) · ro grotă (large cave) · de Grotte (large cave) · la specus (large cave) · eo kaverno (large cave) · nl grot (large cave) · ru каве́рна (underground chamber) · ca caverna (large cave)