calva

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkælvə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlvə/

Etymology 1

From Latin calva (“the scalp”).

Noun

calva (plural calvae)

  1. (anatomy) the calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull
    The excavation turned up one small femur, one broken calva, and one jawbone.

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Etymology 2

A shortened form of calvados.

Noun

calva (countable and uncountable, plural calvas)

  1. calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy
    • 2005, Fred Vargas, Have mercy on us all, page 140:
      "I believe you are already acquainted with Captain Le Guern. Please join us for a glass of calva."

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Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

calva

  1. feminine singular of calvu

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of calvados, or directly from French calva.

Noun

calva m (plural calva's, diminutive calvaatje n)

  1. Synonym of calvados (“French apple brandy”)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

calva m (plural calvas)

  1. calva; calvados

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.va/
  • Rhymes: -alva
  • Hyphenation: càl‧va

Adjective

calva

  1. feminine singular of calvo

Noun

calva f (plural calve)

  1. female equivalent of calvo (“bald man”)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kalowā, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-.

Noun

calva f (genitive calvae); first declension

  1. the bald scalp of the head
  2. skull
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calva calvae
Genitive calvae calvārum
Dative calvae calvīs
Accusative calvam calvās
Ablative calvā calvīs
Vocative calva calvae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

calva

  1. inflection of calvus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

calvā

  1. ablative feminine singular of calvus

References

  • “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “calva”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

calva

  1. feminine singular of calvo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalba/
  • Rhymes: -alba
  • Syllabification: cal‧va

Noun

calva f (plural calvas)

  1. bald patch (area of baldness)
  2. an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out
  3. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
  4. (games) a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets
  5. (games) the wooden target used in the game of calva

Adjective

calva

  1. feminine singular of calvo

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