different between calibre vs calibration

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæl.?.b?/
• Hyphenation: cal?i?ber

Noun

calibre (countable and uncountable, plural calibres)

1. Alternative form of caliber

Usage notes

• More common than caliber in UK, etc

Related terms

• calibrate

Anagrams

• caliber

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (q?lib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lib?/

Noun

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. calibre

Descendants

Verb

calibre

1. first-person singular present indicative of calibrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of calibrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of calibrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of calibrer
5. second-person singular imperative of calibrer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ciblera

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k??lib??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka??ib?i/

Noun

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. caliber / calibre (dimension)
2. gauge (mathematics, physics)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?lib?e/, [ka?li.???e]

Etymology 1

From French calibre.

Noun

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. calibre
2. calipers
3. jig, gauge (tool)

Derived terms

• calibrar

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: kalibre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

calibre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of calibrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of calibrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of calibrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of calibrar.

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

calibrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kæl??b?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

calibration (countable and uncountable, plural calibrations)

1. The act of calibrating something.

Derived terms

Related terms

• calibre
• calibrate

Translations

Further reading

• calibration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• calibration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.