different between cal vs inches

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt??z/
• Hyphenation: inch?es

Noun

inches

1. plural of inch

Verb

inches

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inch

Anagrams

• Chiens, chines, chinse, niches

Portuguese

Verb

inches

1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of inchar
2. Second-person singular (tu) negative imperative of inchar