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Translingual

Symbol

cal

  1. calorie

Derived terms

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clippings.

Noun

cal (plural cals)

  1. (informal) Clipping of calorie.
  2. (military, informal) Clipping of caliber.
  3. (informal) Clipping of calendar.
    • 2020 April 1, Taylor Lorenz, “Stop Trying to Be Productive”, in The New York Times‎:
      “I set an hour on my cal every day for a home workout. Then I’d be on calls for three hours, then I’d make a homemade breakfast, take a walk at lunchtime, work on something non-screen-related in the evening, cook dinner and go on a run,” she said.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cal (uncountable)

  1. (mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten.
References
  1. ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products

Etymology 3

From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide.

Noun

cal (uncountable)

  1. calcium hydroxide, slaked lime

See also

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Compare Romanian cal.

Noun

cal m (plural calj or cai)

  1. horse

Related terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contraction

cal

  1. Contraction of ca el.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cal

  1. third-person singular present indicative of caldre

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English calibrate.

Pronunciation

Verb

cal

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to fine-tune; to calibrate (a hardware, e.g. camera, television, speakers)

See also

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin quālis.

Conjunction

cal

  1. as

Etymology 2

From Latin callis.

Noun

cal

  1. road, street

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m (plural cals)

  1. callus (hardened part of the skin)

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m (plural cales)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãale, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m or f (plural cales)

  1. ditch
  2. furrow
  3. mill race
  4. chute
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis (“which”). Cognate with Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

cal (plural cales)

  1. which (what one)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of caloría.

References

  • “qual” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cãal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cal

  1. street, alley

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaliR. Compare Classical Nahuatl calli (“house”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /kal/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ɡal/
  • (Cuisnahuat) IPA(key): /kaɬ/, /kaːl/
  • (Teotepeque) IPA(key): /kaɬ/
  • (Jicalapa) IPA(key): /kaɬʲ/

Noun

cal (plural cahcal)

  1. an enclosed habitational space, a house or room
    Ne nocompa nemi tic oni toltic cal
    My friend lives in that yellow house

Related terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sal/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cal

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zoll.

Noun

cal m inan

  1. inch (unit of measure)
Declension
Declension of cal
singular plural
nominative cal cale
genitive cala cali
dative calowi calom
accusative cal cale
instrumental calem calami
locative calu calach
vocative calu cale

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cal

  1. second-person singular imperative of calić

Further reading

  • cal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cal

Noun

cal f or (nonstandard) m (plural cales or cais)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

Usage notes

Although common, usage of "cal" as a masculine gender noun is proscribed.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), probably of Gaulish origin or from something further east, such as a Scythian and ultimately Proto-Iranian origin. The Romanian word likely went through an earlier hypothetical form *căal or *caual. Compare Aromanian cal.

Pronunciation

Noun

cal m (plural cai)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Declension

Declension of cal
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cal calul (niște) cai caii
genitive/dative (unui) cal calului (unor) cai cailor
vocative calule cailor

Related terms

See also

Chess pieces in Romanian · piese de șah (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rege regină, damă tură, turn nebun cal pion

References

  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/cai
  2. ^ https://www.academia.edu/44349879/Sextil_Pu%C8%99cariu_Limba_rom%C3%A2n%C4%83_Vol_II_Rostirea_1959_

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx (via the nominative), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Symbol

cal

  1. Symbol of caloría

Further reading

Volapük

Noun

cal (nominative plural cals)

  1. occupation
  2. office (position)
  3. profession

Declension

declension of cal
singular plural
nominative cal cals
genitive cala calas
dative cale cales
accusative cali calis
vocative 1 o cal! o cals!
predicative 2 calu calus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from cal

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