calce

calce

1. inflection of calzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Inherited from Latin calcem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -altʃe
• Hyphenation: càl‧ce

calce f (plural calci)

1. lime (from limestone)

   in calce a ― at the foot of

• lacce, lecca

calce

1. ablative singular of calx

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sal.t͡sɛ/
• Rhymes: -alt͡sɛ
• Syllabification: cal‧ce

calce m

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of calec

• Hyphenation: cal‧ce
• Rhymes: -alsɨ, -awsi

calce

1. inflection of calçar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key):

Borrowed from Latin calx, calcem.

calce f (uncountable)

1. calcium oxide

Either from Latin calx, calcem, or more likely from caltha, through a Vulgar Latin root *calthea > earlier Romanian *calțe. The Latin derives from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos), καλθε (kalthe, “yellow flower”).

calce f (plural călci)

1. kingcup (Caltha palustris)

• gălbenele

calce

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of călca

• calce in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkalθe/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkalse/
• Rhymes: -alθe
• Rhymes: -alse
• Syllabification: cal‧ce

Deverbal from calzar.

calce m (plural calces)

1. wedge, shim
2. tyre (steel)
3. (Mexico, Puerto Rico) bottom, foot, lower margin (of a page)
4. (Andalusia) filling (of a tooth)
5. (Rioplatense) chance, opportunity

calce

1. inflection of calzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “calce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10