foculare

Latin

Etymology 1

From focus (fireplace) + -ulus (diminutive suffix) + -āre (relative suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

foculāre n (genitive foculāris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) a fireplace, hearth
    Synonym: focus
Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative foculāre foculāria
Genitive foculāris foculārium
Dative foculārī foculāribus
Accusative foculāre foculāria
Ablative foculārī foculāribus
Vocative foculāre foculāria
Descendants
  • Ligurian: fogoâ
  • Old French: foolair
  • Italian: focolare
  • Lucchese: focalare
  • Piedmontese: fuliér
  • Romansch: föcler, fluêr
  • Sicilian: fugularu, cufularu
  • Venetian: fogoler

Verb

fōculāre

  1. inflection of fōculō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

References

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