cavia

Borrowed from Portuguese cávia or New Latin cavia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːviˌjaː/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧via

cavia f (plural cavia's, diminutive caviaatje n)

1. guinea pig, Cavia porcellus

   Synonym: zeevarken

• caviapolitie
• huiscavia

From New Latin Cavia, from Old Galician-Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat”), from Old Tupi saujá. Compare Portuguese sauiá.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.vja/
• Rhymes: -avja
• Hyphenation: cà‧via

cavia f (plural cavie)

1. guinea pig (rodent)

   Synonym: porcellino d'India

2. guinea pig (experimental subject)

   fare da/la cavia ― be the (experimental) guinea pig

• cavia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cavai, vacai

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯i.a/, [ˈkäu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.a/, [ˈkäːviä]

cavia f (genitive caviae); first declension

1. intestine(s) (of animals)

First-declension noun.