cagaròl

Occitan

Etymology

From cagar (“to defecate”) + -òl (diminutive), from Latin cacāre, Occitan humor. Also probably influenced by similar sounding Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka.ɡaˈɾɔl]
  • Audio (Languedoc):(file)

Noun

cagaròl m (plural cagaròls)

  1. snail
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