calve

English

Etymology

Verb form related to calf This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːv

Verb

calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved) (intransitive)

1. To give birth to a calf.
2. To assist the giving of birth of a calf.
3. (figuratively, especially of an iceberg, glacier, or the like) To break off or shed a large piece.

   The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.

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   The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

Related terms

• calf
• calves

Translations

to give birth to a calf

• Finnish: vasikoida (fi), poikia (fi)

• Russian: телиться (ru) (telít'sja)

to assist in giving birth to a calf

• Finnish: vasikoida (fi)

to shed a large piece

• Finnish: poikia (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: отелвам се (bg) (otelvam se)
• Dutch: kalven (nl)
• German: kalben (de)

• Romanian: făta (ro)
• Turkish: buzağılamak (tr)
• Volapük: bubülimotön (vo)
• Welsh: bwrw llo (cy), dod â llo (cy)

Anagrams

• clave

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Italian

Adjective

calve f

1. Feminine plural form of calvo

Noun

calve f

1. Plural form of calva

Anagrams

• clave

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Latin

Adjective

calve

1. vocative masculine singular of calvus