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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

Alternative forms

• call [16th-17th c.]
• cawl

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French and Old French cale (“head covering”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

caul (plural cauls)

1. (historical) A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. [from 14th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:

     Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold […]

2. (Britain, historical, often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). [chiefly 1800-1950]
3. (anatomy, obsolete except in specific senses) A membrane. [14th-17th c.]
4. The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. [from 14th c.]
5. The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). [from 16th c.]
   • 1849, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, I ¶ 4:

     I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society (2012), page 182:

     Even in the mid seventeenth century a country gentleman might regard his caul as a treasure to be preserved with great care, and bequeathed to his descendants.

6. The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
7. (woodworking) A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
8. (cooking) Caul fat.

Translations

Anagrams

• ACLU, LUCA, Luca, UCLA

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin caulis.

Noun

caul

1. cabbage

Yola

Noun

caul

1. Alternative form of caule