cal

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

cal (plural cals)

  1. Abbreviation of calorie.

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

cal (uncountable)

  1. (mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornish) wolfram, an ore of tungsten
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Simmonds to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.


Aromanian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin caballus. Compare Daco-Romanian cal.

Noun [edit]

cal m

  1. horse

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Catalan [edit]

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Contraction [edit]

cal

  1. (contraction of the preposition ca and the article el) house of

Dalmatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin qualis.

Conjunction [edit]

cal

  1. as

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

cal

  1. rafsi of canlu.

Polish [edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /t͡sal/

Noun [edit]

cal m

  1. inch (unit of measure)

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Portuguese [edit]

Noun [edit]

cal m (plural cales)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

Romanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin caballus.

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Noun [edit]

cal m (plural cai)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

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Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin calx.

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Noun [edit]

cal f (usually uncountable)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

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Volapük [edit]

Noun [edit]

cal (plural cals)

  1. occupation
  2. office (position)
  3. profession

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