Calais

See also: calais and caláis

English

Etymology

From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæleɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæleɪ/, /kæˈleɪ/
• (city in Maine, traditional or dated for the city in France) IPA^(key): /ˈkælɪs/
• Rhymes: -æleɪ, -eɪ, -ælɪs

Proper noun

Calais

1. A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
2. A city in Washington County, Maine, United States.
3. A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States (both states have a Washington County).

Derived terms

• Calais Jungle
• East Calais

Translations

a town in France

• Armenian: Կալե (hy) (Kale)
• Bulgarian: Кале́ (Kalé)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加來 / 加来 (zh) (Jiālái)

• Dutch: Calais (nl) n
• Farefare: Kalɛ
• French: Calais (fr)
• German: Kalen
• Greek: Καλαί (el) n (Kalaí)
• Hindi: कैले (kaile)
• Japanese: カレー (ja) (Karē)
• Latin: Calētum (Medieval Latin)
• Macedonian: Кале́ n (Kalé)
• Marathi: कॅले (kĕle), काले (kāle)
• Middle English: Caleys
• Picard: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Calais (pl) n
• Portuguese: Calais f
• Russian: Кале́ (ru) m (Kalé)
• Spanish: Calais, Calés
• Turkish: Calais (tr)
• Urdu: کَیلے m (kaile)

Anagrams

• Scalia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French Calais.

Proper noun

Calais m

1. Calais (a city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)

Derived terms

• calaisià
• pas de Calais

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Calesium, from earlier Caletum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lɛ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Hyphenation: Ca‧lais
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Proper noun

Calais m

1. Calais (a city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)

   Meronym: Saint-Pierre

Derived terms

• calaisien
• Calaisien
• Pas de Calais
• Pas-de-Calais

Middle English

Proper noun

Calais

1. alternative form of Caleys

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Calais.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɛ/

Proper noun

Calais ?

1. Calais (a town in Hauts-de-France, France)