different between calc vs talc

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælk/
• Rhymes: -ælk
• Homophone: calque

Noun

calc (countable and uncountable, plural calcs)

1. Abbreviation of calculus.
2. Abbreviation of calculator.
3. Abbreviation of calculation.

Anagrams

• LACC, LCAC, Lacc

Catalan

Etymology

From calcar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kalk/

Noun

calc m (plural calcs)

1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
2. (linguistics) calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)

Further reading

• “calc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “calc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “calc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old Saxon

Noun

calc m

1. Alternative spelling of kalk

Romanian

Etymology 1

From French calque.

Noun

calc n (plural calcuri)

1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
2. (lexicography) calque, loan translation

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

calc

1. first-person singular present indicative of c?lca
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of c?lca

English

Etymology

From Middle French talc, from Arabic ?????? (?alq), from Persian ???? (talk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tælk/
• Rhymes: -ælk

Noun

talc (countable and uncountable, plural talcs)

1. (obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
2. (obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
3. A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
4. Talcum powder.

Translations

Verb

talc (third-person singular simple present talcs, present participle talcing, simple past and past participle talced)

1. (transitive) To apply talc to.
   • 1940, Rubber Journal, Volume 99, page 479,

     "Generous talcing" is applied not only to the naked bale, but to the inside of the wrapper, and after stenciling, to the interior of the package. This talcing is repeated, "if necessary, dependent upon the number of handlings up to and into stores for steamer loading."

   • 1977, Great Britain Health and Safety Executive, Manufacturing & Service Industries, page 43,

     Three manufacturers have now produced separate designs for talcing boxes; one uses conventional techniques of brushing and vibrators, one is a fluidised bed and the third is an electrostatic applicator.

   • 1983, Aaron Elkins, The Dark Place, 2010, page 107,

     Then he talced his hands, slipped on a new pair of rubber gloves, went to the shapeless thing at the other end of the table, and began to work.

Translations

See also

• soapstone
• steatite

Anagrams

• CTAL, clat, lact-

French

Etymology

From Persian ???? (talq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talk/

Noun

talc m (plural talcs)

1. talc

References

Further reading

• “talc” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French talc

Noun

talc n (uncountable)

1. talc

Declension