kaliber
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”). Origin uncertain, perhaps, from Latin qua libra (“of what dimensions, weight”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧li‧ber
Noun
[edit]kaliber n (plural kalibers, diminutive kalibertje n)
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: kaliber
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch kaliber, from French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”). Semantic loan from English calibre for "capacity or compass of mind" sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaliber
- calibre, caliber
- Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
- The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
- (figurative, colloquial) capacity or compass of mind.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kaliber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French calibre, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib).
Noun
[edit]kaliber n (definite singular kaliberet, indefinite plural kaliber or kalibre, definite plural kalibra or kalibrene)
Usage notes
[edit]- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically masculine.[1] The forms kaliberen, kalibere, kalibrer, and kaliberne were then made obsolete.
References
[edit]- “kaliber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French calibre, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib).
Noun
[edit]kaliber n (definite singular kaliberet, indefinite plural kaliber, definite plural kalibera)
Usage notes
[edit]- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically masculine.[1] The masculine forms kaliberen, kalibrar, and kalibrane were then made obsolete.
References
[edit]- “kaliber” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French calibre, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ (/*qālobīḏ/, “last”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “last”), diminutive of καλόπους (kalópous, “last”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaliber m inan
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- kaliber in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kaliber in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaliber c
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