different between calk vs calc

English

Etymology 1

Noun

calk (plural calks)

1. A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping.
2. A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging

Translations

Verb

calk (third-person singular simple present calks, present participle calking, simple past and past participle calked)

1. (possibly dated) Alternative spelling of caulk
   • 1915 April 1, in Gas Age, volume 35, page 328:

     When a joint was calked, the bell piece was then separated,

2. To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin calc? (“I trample”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælk/
• Rhymes: -ælk
• Homophones: calc, calque

Alternative forms

• calque

Verb

calk (third-person singular simple present calks, present participle calking, simple past and past participle calked)

1. To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.

Anagrams

• kcal, lack

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