cal

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See also: Cal, Cal., cál, and càl

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

cal (plural cals)

  1. Abbreviation of calorie.
  2. Abbreviation of caliber.

Etymology 2

Noun

cal (uncountable)

  1. (mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 3

From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide

Noun

cal (uncountable)

  1. calcium hydroxide, slaked lime

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Compare Romanian cal.

Noun

cal m (plural calj)

  1. horse

Related terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contraction

cal

  1. Contraction of ca el.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cal

  1. third-person singular present indicative of caldre

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin quālis.

Conjunction

cal

  1. as

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cal

  1. road, street

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m (plural cals)

  1. callus (hardened part of the skin)

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m (plural cales)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cãal, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m or f (plural cales)

  1. ditch
  2. furrow
  3. mill race
  4. chute
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis (“which”). Cognate with Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

cal

  1. which (what one)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of caloría.

References

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cal

  1. street, alley

Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

cal m inan

  1. inch (unit of measure)

Declension

Declension of cal
singular plural
nominative cal cale
genitive cala cali
dative calowi calom
accusative cal cale
instrumental calem calami
locative calu calach
vocative calu cale

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cal
  • Rhymes: -aw

Noun

cal f (plural es or cais)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m (plural cai)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Declension

Declension of cal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cal calul (niște) cai caii
genitive/dative (unui) cal calului (unor) cai cailor
vocative calule cailor

Related terms

See also

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rege regină, damă tură, turn nebun cal pion

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Symbol

cal

  1. Symbol of caloría

Volapük

Noun

cal (nominative plural cals)

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

Declension

declension of cal
singular plural
nominative cal cals
genitive cala calas
dative cale cales
accusative cali calis
vocative 1 o cal! o cals!
predicative 2 calu calus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from cal

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