different between calcariform vs calcar

English

Etymology

calcar +? -form

Adjective

calcariform (comparative more calcariform, superlative most calcariform)

1. Having the shape of a spur

English

Etymology 1

From the Italian calcara (“lime-kiln”).

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

1. A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.

Related terms

• calcarious
• calcary

Etymology 2

From the Latin calcar (“spur”).

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

1. (botany, anatomy) A spur-like projection.

Derived terms

• calcarate

Related terms

• calcariferous
• calcariform
• calcarine

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin calc?re, present active infinitive of calc?.

Verb

calcar (first-person singular indicative present calco, past participle calcáu)

1. to press, push
2. to hit, strike

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From Latin calc?re (“to press”), present active infinitive of calc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal?ka?/

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calquei, past participle calcado)

1. to press
2. to trample

Conjugation

Derived terms

• calco
• socalcar
• socalco

Related terms

• calcañar
• couce

References

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

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from an extension of the Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“heel”). Cognate of calx, calc?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kal.kar/, [?kä??kär]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kal.kar/, [?k?lk?r]

Noun

calcar n (genitive calc?ris); third declension

1. spur (equestrian, or of a cock)
2. (figuratively) incitement, stimulus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Descendants

• ? English: calcar

References

• calcar in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calcar in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calcar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• calcar in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calcar in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• New Latin Grammar, Allen and Greenough, 1903.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin calc?re, present active infinitive of calc?.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka?.?ka?/
• Hyphenation: cal?car

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present indicative calco, past participle calcado)

1. to trample, to crush
2. to press (grapes, etc.)
3. (figuratively) to humiliate, to subjugate
4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (transitive) to base a work on (a previous one)
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (transitive) to copy a work

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with calçar.

Conjugation

Related terms

Noun

calcar m (plural calcares)

1. (botany) spur
2. (zoology) in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike
3. (zoology) in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calcaire, from Latin calcarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal?kar/, /?kal.kar/

Noun

calcar n (plural calcare)

1. limestone

   Synonym: piatr?-de-var

Declension

Derived terms

• calcaros

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal?ka?/, [kal?ka?]

Etymology 1

From Latin calc?re, present active infinitive of calc?.

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calqué, past participle calcado)

1. to trace, copy (copy by means of carbon paper or tracing paper)
2. to trample

Conjugation

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

calcar m (plural calcares)

1. (anatomy, botany) calcar (a spur-like projection)

Derived terms

• calcarino

Further reading

• “calcar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.