calcar
English
Etymology 1
From the Italian calcara (“lime-kiln”).
Noun
calcar (plural calcars)
- A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
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Etymology 2
From the Latin calcar (“spur”).
Noun
calcar (plural calcars)
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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin calcāre, present active infinitive of calcō.
Verb
calcar (first-person singular indicative present calco, past participle calcáu)
Conjugation
Galician
Etymology
From Latin calcāre (“to press”), present active infinitive of calcō.
Pronunciation
Verb
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Conjugation
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References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calcar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from an extension of the Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“heel”). Cognate of calx, calcō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kar/, [ˈkäɫ̪kär]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kar/, [ˈkälkär]
Noun
calcar n (genitive calcāris); third declension
- spur (equestrian, or of a cock)
- (figuratively) incitement, stimulus
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | calcar | calcāria |
Genitive | calcāris | calcārium |
Dative | calcārī | calcāribus |
Accusative | calcar | calcāria |
Ablative | calcārī | calcāribus |
Vocative | calcar | calcāria |
Descendants
- → English: calcar
References
- “calcar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “calcar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- calcar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to put spurs to a horse: calcaribus equum concitare
- to put spurs to a horse: calcaribus equum concitare
- “calcar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “calcar”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- New Latin Grammar, Allen and Greenough, 1903.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin calcāre, present active infinitive of calcō.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: cal‧car
Verb
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- to trample, to crush
- to press (grapes, etc.)
- (figuratively) to humiliate, to subjugate
- (transitive) to base a work on (a previous one)
- (transitive) to copy a work
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with calçar.
Conjugation
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Noun
calcar m (plural calcares)
- (botany) spur
- (zoology) in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike
- (zoology) in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French calcaire, from Latin calcarius.
Pronunciation
Noun
calcar n (plural calcare)
- limestone
- Synonym: piatră-de-var
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) calcar | calcarul | (niște) calcare | calcarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) calcar | calcarului | (unor) calcare | calcarelor |
vocative | calcarule | calcarelor |
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin calcāre, present active infinitive of calcō.
Verb
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Conjugation
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Etymology 2
Noun
calcar m (plural calcares)
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