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English

Noun

cale (plural cales)

  1. (Australia) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From cal +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡saˈlɛ/
  • Hyphenation: cá‧lɛ

Noun

cale f (plural cale, definite calja, definite plural calet); masculine equivalent cal

  1. lame female, one who limps
    Synonyms: çale, çalamane

Declension

Declension of cale
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cale calja cale calet
accusative calen
dative caleje cales caleve caleve
ablative calesh

Adjective

cale

  1. feminine of cal (limper, lame)
    Synonyms: çale, çalamane

Aromanian

Pronunciation

Noun

cale f (definite articulation calea)

  1. alternative form of cali

Champenois

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kal/

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

  1. (Troyen) beanie, hairdo

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne) (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (in French), Troyes

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cale f

  1. road, street
  2. time

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/
  • Audio; une cale:(file)

Etymology 1

Probably from German Keil.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

  1. wedge (under door etc.)
  2. (golf) wedge
  3. chock (for wheel)

Etymology 2

From caler.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

  1. (obsolete) immersion (in water)
  2. hold (of a ship)
  3. slipway
  4. bilge

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

cale

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: cà‧le

Noun

cale f

  1. plural of cala

Verb

cale

  1. third-person singular present indicative of calere

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

calē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of caleō

Middle English

Noun

cale

  1. alternative form of col

Old Polish

Etymology

From cały +‎ -e. First attested in 1448–1450.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡salʲɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡salʲɛ/

Adverb

cale

  1. (attested in Masovia) unscathedly, intact, without harm
    Synonym: cało
adjective
adverb
verbs

Descendants

  • Polish: cale

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

cale

  1. optative active singular of calati (to move)

Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish cale. By surface analysis, cały +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Syllabification: ca‧le

Adverb

cale (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) wholly; entirely, completely (in a way not in pieces)
    Synonym: całkowicie
  2. (Middle Polish) wholly; entirely, completely (without exception)
    1. (Middle Polish, in the negative) not at all
  3. (Middle Polish) wholly; safely (without harm)
  4. (Middle Polish) wholly; Further details are uncertain.
    • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon, page 399d:
      Solide adverbium, Cále/ zupełnie.
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, page 523a:
      Incorupte ‒ Nie nakazenie czalię.
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, page 544a:
      Insolidum ‒ Czalię
    • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum, page 547b:
      Integre ‒ Czalie, ſzczerze, zupełnie.
Derived terms
particle
verbs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Syllabification: ca‧le

Noun

cale m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cal

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ali, (Portugal) -alɨ, (Portugal, with apocope) -al
  • Homophone: cal (Portugal, with apocope)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧le

Verb

cale

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

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin callis, callem. Compare Aromanian cali, cale.

Pronunciation

Noun

cale f (plural căi)

  1. avenue
  2. way (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. (computing) path

Declension

Declension of cale
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cale calea căi căile
genitive-dative căi căii căi căilor
vocative cale, caleo căilor

Derived terms

See also

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, the judge).

Noun

cale

  1. alcalde

References

  • Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkale/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: ca‧le

Verb

cale

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

Volapük

Noun

cale

  1. dative singular of cal