calle

See also: callé and Calle

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cai, caye

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

1. street

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin callem, accusative singular of callis (“path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.le/, [ˈkälle̞]
• Hyphenation: càl‧le

Noun

calle f (plural calli)

1. (archaic):
   1. (narrow) path

      Synonyms: sentiero, stradina

      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, page 150, lines 1–3:

        Or sen va per un secreto calle, ¶ tra ’l muro de la terra e li martìri, ¶ lo mio maestro, e io dopo le spalle.

        Now onward goes, along a narrow path between the torments and the city wall, ⁠my Master, and I follow at his back.

   2. route, way, road

      Synonyms: cammino, tragitto

      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, page 7, lines 16–18:

        guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.

        Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, vested already with that planet's rays which leadeth others right by every road.

2. (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)

Anagrams

• cella

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) callē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of calleō

References

• “calle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Spanish

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈkaʎe/ [ˈka.ʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkaʃe/ [ˈka.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkaʒe/ [ˈka.ʒe]

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.ʒe]

Etymology 1

From Latin callis, callem.

Alternative forms

• c/ (abbreviation)

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

1. street

   Synonyms: calzada, pista

2. lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)

Synonyms

• (lane): carril

Hyponyms

• (street): alameda, avenida, bulevar, callejón, camino, carretera, senda, sendero, travesía

Derived terms

• azotacalles
• bocacalle
• calle de boxes
• calle de garajes
• calle de rodaje
• calle sin salida
• callecita
• calleja
• callejero
• callejón
• callejuela
• correcalles
• en situación de calle
• encallar
• poner de patitas en la calle

 

Descendants

• → Baure: kaye
• → Hiligaynon: kalye
• → Tagalog: kalye

Etymology 2

See callar

Verb

calle

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of callar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of callar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of callar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of callar.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tarantino

Adjective

calle

1. warm