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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.

Noun

cala f (plural cales)

  1. cove

Etymology 2

Deverbal from calar

Noun

cala f (plural cales)

  1. casting (of nets)
    Synonym: calada
  2. lowering (of sails)
  3. probe, sound
    Synonym: sonda
  4. (archaeology, construction) trench
  5. (medicine) suppository
    Synonym: supositori

Further reading

Etymology 3

Verb

cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

cala

  1. error
  2. guilt, fault
  3. disgrace
  4. fallacy
  5. transgression (caka vala)

Adjective

cala

  1. wrong, erroneous, faulty
  2. culpable, guilty

Adverb

cala

  1. amiss, astray

Verb

cala

  1. to err, deviate

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.la/
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Verb

cala

  1. third-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: cà‧la

Etymology 1

Via a Vulgar Latin *calāre, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

Noun

cala f (plural cale)

  1. inlet, cove
    Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura
  2. (nautical) hold
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cala

  1. inflection of calare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

  1. log to burn
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cāla cālae
Genitive cālae cālārum
Dative cālae cālīs
Accusative cālam cālās
Ablative cālā cālīs
Vocative cāla cālae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

calā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Verb

cala

  1. imperative active second-person singular of calati (“to move”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧la
  • Rhymes: -alɐ

Verb

cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.

Noun

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

  1. harbour
    Synonyms: acarsaid, port

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cala chala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.la/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: cà‧la

Etymology 1

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala. Possibly cognate with Sicilian calancu.

Noun

cala f (plural cali)

  1. inlet, cove, creek
    Stamu jennu â cala [dî] muschi.
    We are going to Moss cove.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Italian: cala

Etymology 2

From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Verb

cala

  1. inflection of calari:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkala/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ca‧la

Etymology 1

Deverbal from calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
    Synonym: prueba
  2. try, attempt
    Synonyms: prueba, intento
  3. testing
    Synonym: prueba
  4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
    Synonym: supositorio
Related terms

Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Or from Etymology 1, in the sense "let down an anchor", i.e. "anchorage".

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  2. cove
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  1. calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
    Synonym: alcatraz

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swazi

Etymology

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Verb

-cála

  1. to begin

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Ternate

Etymology

Within North Halmahera, cognate to Tidore cala, Tabaru caana, Loloda calana, etc., all meaning '1000'. Direct external cognates include West Makian calan, East Makian calan, Waigeo calan, Wandamen siaran, Biak syáran, also all meaning '1000'. The external cognates are generally believed to be due to Ternate-Tidore influence.

Beyond these, see also Chamorro chålan (“thousand”), Tagalog daan (“hundred”), Kapampangan dálan (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

Numeral

cala

  1. thousand

Volapük

Noun

cala

  1. genitive singular of cal

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

Pronunciation

Noun

cala f (plural caliau)

  1. (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: pidyn, penis

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cala gala nghala chala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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