caler

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin calēre. Compare Occitan caler and Catalan caldre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA: [ka'le(ɾ)]

Verb

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caler

  1. to be necessary
    Mi mai diz que cal que fez el minchar pa manyana
    My mom says that it's necessary that you cook the food for tomorrow.

Alternative forms

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  1. calre (Ribagorçan)

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin calēre. Compare Occitan and Aragonese caler.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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caler (third-person only, third-person singular present cal, third-person singular preterite calgué, past participle calgut)

  1. Alternative form of caldre

Conjugation

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Champenois

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Etymology

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From cale.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ka.le/

Verb

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caler

  1. (transitive) to cover the head
  2. (transitive) to give a haircut; to do the hair of
  3. (reflexive, se caler) to do one's own hair

References

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  • Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
  • Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan calar, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.le/
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  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Verb

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caler

  1. (transitive) to wedge (open) (a door)
  2. (transitive) to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine)
  3. (intransitive) to stall (of driver, engine)
  4. (transitive) to fill (someone) up
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) (of person eating) to give up, be full
  6. (transitive) to synchronize
  7. (Quebec, transitive) to chug (an alcoholic beverage)
  8. (Quebec, transitive) to be bald or balding, to go or be going bald

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Interlingua

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Verb

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caler

  1. to glow

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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caler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of calō

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan caler, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō. Compare French chaloir, Franco-Provençal chalêr, Catalan caldre, caler and Aragonese caler.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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caler

  1. to be necessary

Conjugation

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References

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  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 41.

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō.

Verb

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caler

  1. (reflexive, se caler) to care about; to be concerned about
    • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Lo gens tems de pascor
      Ela.m ditz no m'en chal.
      She says it to me; I don't care

Usage notes

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  • Usually in negative constructions with the pronoun ne. Compare Old French chaloir.

Descendants

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  • Ladino: kaler
  • Occitan: caler

References

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