recalibration

English

Alternative forms

• re-calibration

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English calibre

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English calibrate

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ion

English calibration

English recalibration

From re- + calibration. First attested in 1883.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˌkælɪˈbɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: re‧cal‧i‧bra‧tion

Noun

recalibration (countable and uncountable, plural recalibrations)

1. A second, subsequent, or corrected calibration.

   Hyponym: redenomination

   Near-synonyms: readjustment, realignment

Translations

a second, subsequent, or corrected calibration

• Dutch: herijking (nl) f
• French: recalibrage (fr) m, recalibration (fr) f
• Italian: ricalibratùra f
• Norman: (Jersey) r'calibrâtion f
• Polish: rekalibracja (pl) f
• Romanian: recalibrare (ro) f
• Spanish: recalibración f

Further reading

• Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “recalibration, n.”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 9 June 2026, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “recalibration, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary, accessed 9 June 2026.
• “recalibration, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
• “recalibration, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “re-, prefix”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volumes XIII (Quemadero–Roaver), Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 248, column 3.

French

Etymology

From recalibrer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ka.li.bʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Hyphenation: re‧ca‧li‧bra‧tion

Noun

recalibration f (countable and uncountable, plural recalibrations)

1. recalibration (a second, subsequent, or corrected calibration)

   Synonym: recalibrage