calle

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See also: callé and Calle

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

  1. street

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish calle, from Latin callis, callem.

Pronunciation

Noun

calle

  1. street

Galician

Verb

calle

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin callem (path).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.le/
  • Rhymes: -alle
  • Hyphenation: càl‧le

Noun

calle f (plural calli)

  1. (archaic) (narrow) path
    Synonyms: sentiero, stradina
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Or sen va per un secreto calle, ¶ tra ’l muro de la terra e li martìri, ¶ lo mio maestro, e io dopo le spalle.
      Now onward goes, along a narrow path between the torments and the city wall, ⁠my Master, and I follow at his back.
  2. (archaic) route, way, road
    Synonyms: cammino, tragitto
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 16–18; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.
      Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, vested already with that planet's rays which leadeth others right by every road.
  3. (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

callē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calleō

References

  • calle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkaʝe/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈkaʎe/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkaʃe/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkaʒe/

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  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝe
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎe
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃe
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒe

  • Syllabification: ca‧lle

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cal, calle, from Latin callem. For the retention/analogical restoration of final /e/ after /ʎ/, compare valle and conversely piel.

Alternative forms

  • c/ (abbreviation)

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

  1. street
    Synonyms: calzada, pista
  2. lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)
    Synonym: carril
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Chavacano: calle
  • Basque: kale
  • Baure: kaye
  • Hiligaynon: kalye
  • Tagalog: kalye

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calle

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Tarantino

Adjective

calle

  1. warm