Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 23640 6893085 2009-06-27T04:54:27Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C0603-0008-001, Vorbereitung Frauenkongress, Delegierte Palm.jpg|thumb|right|Woman making a telephone call.]] [[File:Pandion haliaetus.ogg|thumb|right|Call of the [[osprey]] (bird).]] ==English== {{rank|United|free|return|353|call|speak|land|why}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|ceallian||lang=ang}}; see also [[Old Norse]] {{term|kalla||lang=non}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/kɔːɫ/}}, {{SAMPA|/kO:5/}} * {{audio|en-us-call.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɔːl}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A telephone [[conversation]]. #: ''I received several phone '''calls''' today.'' #: ''I received several '''calls''' today.'' # A social [[visit]]. #: ''I paid a '''call''' to a dear friend of mine.'' # A cry or [[shout]]. #: ''He heard a '''call''' from the other side of the room.'' # The characteristic [[cry]] of a bird or other animal. #: ''That sound is the distinctive '''call''' of the cuckoo bird.'' # A [[beckon]]ing or [[summon]]ing. #: ''I had to yield to the '''call''' of the wild.'' # {{finance}}: An [[option]] to buy [[stock]] at a specified price during or at a specified time. # {{Cricket}} The act of calling to the other batsman. # {{Cricket}} The [[state]] of being the batsman whose [[role]] it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.) # {{Medicine}} An overnight duty in the hospital. <!--Any service profession, right? Should be at [[on-call]]?--> # {{computing}} The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the point. # A statement of a particular [[state]], or [[rule]], made in many games such as [[bridge]], [[craps]], [[jacks]], and so on. #: ''There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my '''call''' was 9.'' ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|terms derived from ''call (noun)''}} * [[altar call]] * [[at call]] * [[bird call]] * [[booty call]] * [[broker's call]] * [[bugle call]] * [[calendar call]] * [[call and response]] * [[call board]]/[[call-board]] * [[call bond]] * [[call box]]/[[callbox]] * [[call-by-value]] * [[call center]]/[[call centre]] * [[call fire]] * [[call girl]] * [[call mark]] * [[call number]] * [[call of nature]] * [[call of the wild]] * [[call option]] * [[call-out]]/[[callout]] * [[call protection]] * [[call price]] * [[call risk]] * [[call rule]] * [[call sign]] * [[call slip]] * [[call-up]]/[[callup]] {{rel-mid}} * [[call waiting]] * [[cat call]] * [[cold call]] * [[collect call]] * [[conference call]] * [[courtesy call]] * [[crank call]] * [[curtain call]] * [[distress call]] * [[function call]] * [[house call]] * [[mail call]] * [[margin call]] * [[money call]] * [[naked call]] * [[on call]] * [[phone call]] * [[port of call]] * [[prank call]] * [[put-call]] * [[service call]] * [[sick call]] * [[roll call]] * [[telephone call]] * [[toll call]] * [[uncovered call]] * [[wake-up call]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|telephone conversation}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|զանգ|tr=zang|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|hovor|m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|opkald|n}}, {{t-|da|telefonopkald|n}} * Esperanto: [[voko]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|soitto}}, {{t-|fi|puhelinsoitto}} * French: {{t+|fr|appel|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Anruf|m}} * Greek: [[κλήση τηλεφωνική , τηλεφώνημα]] * Hebrew: [[צלצול]] (tziltzul) {{m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|telefonata|f}}, {{t+|it|chiamata|f}} * Japanese: [[呼び出し]], [[よびだし]] (yobidashi); [[通話]], [[つうわ]] (tsūwa) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[전화]] ([[電話]], jeonhwa), [[통화]] ([[通話]], tonghwa) * Polish: {{t-|pl|rozmowa telefoniczna|f}} * Portuguese: [[telefonema]] {{m}}, [[chamada]] * Romanian: {{t-|ro|chemare}} * [[Romansch]]: [[telefon]] * Russian: {{t+|ru|звонок|m|tr=zvonók|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|klic}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|llamada}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|telefonsamtal|n}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|çağrı}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|social visit}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|այցելություն|tr=ayc'elut'yun|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|käynti}}, {{t+|fi|vierailu}} * Greek: {{t+|el|πρόσκληση|sc=Grek}} * Italian: {{t+|it|saluto|m}} * Japanese: [[訪問]], [[ほうもん]] (hōmon); [[来訪]], [[らいほう]] (raihō) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[방문]] ([[訪問]], bangmun) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|visita|f}} * Russian: [[визит]] (vizít) {{m}}, [[посещение]] (pos'eš'énije) {{n}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|visita}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|besök|n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|cry or shout}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|կանչ|tr=kanč|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|křik}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|huuto}} * French: {{t+|fr|appel}} * German: {{t+|de|Ruf|m}} * Hebrew: [[קריאה]] (qri'a) {{f}} * Italian: {{t-|it|urlo|m}} * Japanese: [[呼び声]], [[よびごえ]] (yobigoe); [[叫び]], [[さけび]] (sakebi) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[외침]] (oechim) * Kurdish: {{t+|ku|بانگ|sc=ku-Arab}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|chamada|f}}, {{t+|pt|grito|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|крик|m|tr=krik|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|klic}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|grito}} * Swahili: [[kilio]] * Swedish: {{t-|sv|rop|n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|characteristic cry of a bird or other animal}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|կանչ|tr=kanč|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * French: {{t+|fr|chant|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Ruf|m}} * Hebrew: [[ציוץ]] (tziutz) {{m}} * Italian: {{t-|it|canto|m}} * Japanese: [[鳴き声]], [[なきごえ]] (nakigoe) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[울음]] (urEum) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|canto|m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|крик|m|tr=krik|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|голос|m|tr=gólos|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|klic}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|canto}} * Swedish: [[fågelsång]] {{c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|beckoning or summoning}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|կանչ|tr=kanč|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|volání|n}} * Finnish: [[kutsu]], [[kutsuhuuto]] * French: {{t+|fr|appel}} * German: {{t+|de|Ruf|m}} * Hebrew: [[קריאה]] (qri'a) {{f}} * Italian: {{t+|it|richiamo|m}} * Japanese: [[呼び出し]], [[よびだし]] (yobidashi) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[부름]] (bureum) * Portuguese: [[chamada]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зов]] (zov) {{m}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|klic}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|convocatoria}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|mwito|xs=Swahili}} * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|పిలుపు|sc=Telu}} (pilupu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|(finance): contract to buy stock}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|(medicine): overnight duty in the hospital}} * Italian: {{t+|it|turno|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: [[plantão]] [[médico]] {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To request, [[summon]], or [[beckon]]. #: ''That person is hurt, '''call''' for help!'' # To [[cry]] or shout. #: ''I can't see you. '''Call''' out to me so I can find you.'' # To contact by [[telephone]]. #: ''Why don't you '''call''' me in the morning.'' # To pay a social visit. #: ''We could always '''call''' on a friend.'' # To [[name]] or refer to. #: ''Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please '''call''' me Al.'' # (''reflexively'': '''to be called''') Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name. #: ''I'm '''called''' John.'' #: ''A very tall building is '''called''' a skyscraper.'' # {{Cricket}} (of a [[batsman]]): To [[shout]] [[directions]] to the other batsman on [[whether]] or not they should take a run. # {{baseball|Cricket}} (of a [[fielder]]): To shout to other fielders that he [[intend]]s to take a [[catch]] (thus [[avoid]]ing [[collision]]s.) # {{poker}}: To match or equal the amount of [[poker chip]]s in the pot as the player that [[bet]]. # (''with an object preceded by the preposition'' [[for]]) To [[require]], [[demand#Verb|demand]]. #: ''This job '''calls''' for patience.'' # To [[state]], or invoke a [[rule]], in many games such as [[bridge]], [[craps]], [[jacks]], and so on. #: ''My partner '''called''' 2 spades.'' # {{finance}} To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a [[premium]]. # {{banking}} To demand repayment of a loan. # {{transitive}} To predict. #: ''He ''called'' twelve of the last three recessions. # {{transitive}} To declare in advance. #: ''The captains '''call''' the coin toss.'' ====Synonyms==== * See also [[Wikisaurus:shout]] * See also [[Wikisaurus:telephone]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|Terms derived from the verb "call"}} * [[call a spade a spade]] * [[call back]] * [[call down]] * [[call in]] * [[call into question]] * [[call it a day]] * [[call it quits]] * [[call off]] * [[call on]] * [[call out]] * [[call round]] {{rel-mid}} * [[call someone's bluff]] * [[call the shots]] * [[call the tune]] * [[call time]] * [[call to account]] * [[call to the Bar]] * [[call up]] * [[call upon]] * [[calling]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to request, summon, or beckon}} * Arabic: {{t-|ar|سمى|sc=Arab}} (sámmā) * Armenian: {{t-|hy|կանչել|tr=kančel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|zvati}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|roepen}} * Esperanto: [[voki]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kutsua}} * [[Flemish]]: [[roepen]] * French: {{t+|fr|appeler}} * German: [[rufen]], [[anrufen]], [[herbeirufen]] * Hebrew: [[לקרוא]] (liqro) * Hindi: [[बुला]] (bulānā) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hív}} * [[Ido]]: [[vokar]] * Japanese: {{t-|ja|呼ぶ|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|よぶ|tr=yobu|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[불러내다]] (bulleonaeda) {{trans-mid}} * Latin: [[vocō]] * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|chamar}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|chema}} * [[Romansch]]: [[clamar]] * Russian: [[звать]] (zvat') {{impf}}, [[позвать]] (pozvát') {{pf}}, [[вызвать]] (výzvat') {{impf}}, [[вызывать]] (vyzyvát') {{pf}} * Sanskrit: आव्हे (āvhe) * Slovak: [[volať]] * Slovene: [[poklicati]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|llamar}} * Swahili: {{t-|sw|kuita|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|kalla}}, {{t+|sv|ropa}} * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|పిలుచు|sc=Telu}} (piluchu) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|aramak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to cry or shout}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|գոռալ|tr=goṙal|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Chinese: [[叫]] (jiào), [[喊]] (hǎn) * Czech: {{t-|cs|křičet}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|schreeuwen}} * German: {{t+|de|rufen}} * Hebrew: [[לקרוא]] (liqro) * Hungarian: {{t|hu|kiált}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|叫ぶ|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|さけぶ|tr=sakebu|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[소리치다]] (sorichida), [[외치다]] (oechida) {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|gritar}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|striga}} * [[Romansch]]: [[cridar]] * Russian: [[кричать]] (kričát') {{impf}}, [[крикнуть]] (kríknut') {{pf}} * Slovene: [[poklicati]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|gritar}} * Swahili: {{t-|sw|kuita|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|ropa}}, {{t+|sv|hojta}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to contact by telephone}} * Arabic: {{t-|ar|اتصل ب|sc=Arab}} (ittáṣala bi-) * Armenian: {{t-|hy|զանգել|tr=zangel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t-|hy|զանգահարել|tr=zangaharel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Chinese: [[打電話]], [[打电话]] (dǎ diànhuà) * Czech: {{t-|cs|volat}}, {{t-|cs|zavolat}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|opbellen}} * Finnish: [[soittaa]] (puhelimella) * German: {{t+|de|anrufen}}, {{t+|de|telefonieren}} * Hebrew: [[לצלצל]] (le'tzaltzel) * Hungarian: {{t|hu|felhív}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: {{t-|is|hringja í}} * Japanese: [[電話する]], [[でんわする]] ([[denwa suru]]) * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|telefonar}}, {{t+|pt|ligar}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|telefona}}, {{t+|ro|suna}} * Russian: [[звонить]] (zvonít') {{impf}}, [[позвонить]] (pozvonít') {{pf}} * Slovene: [[poklicati]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|llamar}} * Swahili: [[kupiga simu]] * Swedish: {{t+|sv|ringa}}, {{t+|sv|telefonera}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to pay a social visit}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|այցելել|tr=ayc'elel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|bezoeken}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|meglátogat}} * Japanese: [[訪ねる]], [[たずねる]] (tazuneru); [[訪問する]], [[ほうもんする]] (hōmonsuru) * Korean: [[찾아가다]] (chajAgada), [[방문]]하다 ([[訪問]]-, bangmun-hada) {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|visitar}} * Russian: [[навещать]] (nav'eš'át') {{impf}}, [[навестить]] (nav'estít') {{impf}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|visitar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|besöka}}, {{t+|sv|hälsa på}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to name or refer to}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|անվանել|tr=anvanel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|կոչել|tr=kočel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|říkat}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|noemen}} * French: {{t+|fr|appeler}} * German: {{t+|de|nennen}} * Greek: {{t+|el|καλώ|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[לקרוא]] (liqro) * Japanese: {{t-|ja|呼ぶ|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|よぶ|tr=yobu|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[부르다]] (bureuda) * Polish: {{t+|pl|nazywać}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|chamar}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|vizita}} * [[Romansch]]: [[numnar]] * Russian: [[звать]] (zvat') {{impf}}, [[называть]] (nazyvát') {{impf}}, [[назвать]] (nazvát') {{pf}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|llamar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|kalla}} * [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|అను|sc=Telu}} (anu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to be called}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|անվանվել|tr=anvanvel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|կոչվել|tr=kočvel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kutsua}} * German: {{t+|de|heißen}} * Hebrew: [[להיקרא]] (le'hiqara) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hív}}, {{t+|hu|nevez}} * Korean: [[불리다]] (bullida) {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[nazywać]] [[się]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|numi}} * Russian: [[зваться]] (zvat's'a) {{impf}}, [[называться]] (nazyvát's'a) {{impf}}, [[назваться]] (nazvát's'a) {{pf}} * Spanish: [[llamar]]se * Swahili: [[kuitwa]] * Swedish: {{t+|sv|kalla}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch thus avoiding collisions}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to match or equal the amount of poker chips in the pot as the player that bet}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to require, demand}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:Old Norse derivations]] [[ang:call]] [[ar:call]] [[et:call]] [[es:call]] [[fa:call]] [[fr:call]] [[gl:call]] [[ko:call]] [[hy:call]] [[io:call]] [[id:call]] [[it:call]] [[kk:call]] [[ku:call]] [[lo:call]] [[la:call]] [[lt:call]] [[hu:call]] [[nl:call]] [[ja:call]] [[pl:call]] [[pt:call]] [[ro:call]] [[ru:call]] [[simple:call]] [[fi:call]] [[sv:call]] [[ta:call]] [[te:call]] [[th:call]] [[vi:call]] [[tr:call]] [[zh:call]]