calcaire

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word calcaire. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word calcaire, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say calcaire in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word calcaire you have here. The definition of the word calcaire will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcalcaire, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr
calcaire

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal.kɛʁ/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

calcaire m (plural calcaires)

  1. limestone

Adjective

calcaire (plural calcaires)

  1. calcareous

Descendants

  • Turkish: kalker

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From calc (caulk, verb) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

calcaire m (genitive singular calcaire, nominative plural calcairí)

  1. caulker
  2. caulking-iron
  3. glutton

Declension

Declension of calcaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative calcaire calcairí
vocative a chalcaire a chalcairí
genitive calcaire calcairí
dative calcaire calcairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an calcaire na calcairí
genitive an chalcaire na gcalcairí
dative leis an gcalcaire
don chalcaire
leis na calcairí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of calcaire
radical lenition eclipsis
calcaire chalcaire gcalcaire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading