different between cal vs bullet

Translingual

Symbol

cal

1. calorie

Derived terms

• ? / kcal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1

Noun

cal (plural cals)

1. Abbreviation of calorie.
2. Abbreviation of caliber.

Etymology 2

Noun

cal (uncountable)

1. (mining, archaic, Britain, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten.

References

Etymology 3

From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide.

Noun

cal (uncountable)

1. calcium hydroxide, slaked lime

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, LAC, LAc, LCA, Lac, alc, lac

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• calu

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Compare Romanian cal.

Noun

cal m (plural calj or cayi)

1. horse

Related terms

• cãlãrets
• cãlar/ncãlar
• cãlãriu
• ncalic

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kal/
• Rhymes: -al

Etymology 1

Contraction

cal

1. Contraction of ca el.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

cal

1. third-person singular present indicative of caldre

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin qu?lis.

Conjunction

cal

1. as

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cal

1. road, street

References

• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

Noun

cal m (plural cals)

1. callus (hardened part of the skin)

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek ????? (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kal/

Noun

cal m (plural cales)

1. lime (calcium oxide)

Derived terms

• Caeira
• Caeiro
• Cal
• cal morto
• cal vivo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cãal, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.

Alternative forms

• canle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kal/

Noun

cal m or f (plural cales)

1. ditch
2. furrow
3. mill race
4. chute

Derived terms

• Cal
• Da Cal
• Dacal

Etymology 3

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese qual, from Latin qu?lis (“which”). Cognate with Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

Alternative forms

• cual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kal/

Pronoun

cal

1. which (what one)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kal/

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of caloría.

References

• “qual” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cãal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cal

1. street, alley

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?sal/

Noun

cal m inan

1. inch (unit of measure)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek ????? (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cal
• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Noun

cal f (plural cales or cais)

1. lime (calcium oxide)

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

Noun

cal m (plural cai)

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Declension

Related terms

• c?lare
• înc?leca

See also

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek ????? (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

1. lime (calcium oxide)

Derived terms

• a cal y canto
• agua de cal
• cal apagada
• cal hidráulica
• cal muerta
• cal viva
• cloruro de cal
• mortero de cal
• piedra de cal
• una de cal y otra de arena

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Symbol

cal

1. Symbol of caloría

Volapük

Noun

cal (nominative plural cals)

1. occupation
2. office (position)
3. profession

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• cäl
• cälan
• cäläb
• cälod
• cälodön
• cälov
• cälovik
• cälön
• hicäläb
• hicälan
• jicäläb
• jicälan
• laidacäl

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French boulette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l.?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

bullet (plural bullets)

1. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
2. (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
3. Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
4. (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, (•), often used in lieu of numbers for marking items in a list. (see also bulleted)
5. (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
6. A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.

   John's not going to any of his top schools; he got a bullet from the last of them yesterday.

7. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (slang) One year of prison time
8. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
   • 1969, Robert L. Vann, The Competitor (volumes 2-3, page 135)

     The miser, a-seeking lost gelt,
     The doughboy, awaiting the battle,
     May possibly know how I felt
     While the long years dragged by as the dealer
     As slow as the slowest of dubs,
     Stuck out the last helping of tickets
     'Till I lifted—the Bullet of Clubs!

9. (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
10. (in attributive use) Very fast (speedy).

    bullet train

    bullet chess

11. (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
12. (Ireland, particularly in Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
13. (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
14. (obsolete) A small ball.
    • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

      Would you not suppose these persons had been whispered, by the Master of the Ceremonies, the promise of some momentous destiny? and that this lukewarm bullet on which they play their farces was the bull's-eye and centrepoint of all the universe?

15. (obsolete) A cannonball.
    • 1592, John Stow, The Annales of England

      A ship before Greenwich […] shot off her ordinance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.

16. (obsolete) The fetlock of a horse.
17. A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
    • 1975, Pete Wingfield, Eighteen with a Bullet (song)

      I'm eighteen with a bullet
      Got my finger on the trigger, I'm gonna pull it
      […]
      I'm high on the chart
      I'm tip for the top

    • 2013, Hallee Bridgeman, A Melody for James

      Her third release hit number one in record time — “number one with a bullet” as they said in the industry — and after that, there seemed to be no stopping her.

Synonyms

• (projectile shot from a gun): cap (slang), pill (slang), slug (slang)
• (symbol “•”): bullet point

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

bullet (third-person singular simple present bullets, present participle bulleting, simple past and past participle bulleted)

1. (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
2. (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.

   Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.

3. (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.

   He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Etymology 2

From bull +? -let.

Noun

bullet (plural bullets) (rare)

1. A young or little bull; a male calf.

Synonyms

• bullock (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• cowlet, cowling

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bullet, from Middle French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul?t/, [?b?ul?d?]

Noun

bullet (plural indefinite bullets, no definite forms)

1. (typography) bullet (a printed symbol, e.g. •, used for marking items in a list) [from 1994]

Synonyms

• punkttegn

Latin

Verb

bullet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of bull?

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?pu?lleh(t)/

Verb

b?llet

1. inflection of buollit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative