calcaire

French

calcaire

Etymology

From Latin calcārius, from calx.

Pronunciation

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Noun

calcaire m (plural calcaires)

1. limestone

Adjective

calcaire (plural calcaires)

1. calcareous

Related terms

Related terms

• calcémie
• calcique

• calcite
• calcium

• chaux
• décalcifier

• décalfication

Further reading

• “calcaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Irish

Etymology

From calc (“caulk”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

calcaire m (genitive singular calcaire, nominative plural calcairí)

1. caulker
2. caulking-iron
3. glutton

Declension

Declension of calcaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative calcaire calcairí Vocative a chalcaire a chalcairí Genitive calcaire calcairí Dative calcaire calcairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an calcaire na calcairí Genitive an chalcaire na gcalcairí Dative leis an gcalcaire don chalcaire leis na calcairí

Synonyms

• (caulking-iron): calcóid f
• (glutton): béiceadán, blaochán, bleadrachán, bleaistéir, cíocrachán, craosaire, fursaeir, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
calcaire	chalcaire	gcalcaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "calcaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.