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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æl?

Noun

calla (plural callas)

1. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
2. The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.

Translations

References

• calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calla palustris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calla palustris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Verb

calla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of callar
2. second-person singular imperative form of callar

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

1. Obsolete spelling of callah

Italian

Noun

calla f (plural calle)

1. calla (Calla palustris)

Latin

Noun

calla

1. nominative plural of callum
2. accusative plural of callum
3. vocative plural of callum

References

• calla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

1. genitive singular of call

Spanish

Verb

calla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of callar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of callar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of callar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?la/

Verb

calla (present callar, preterite callade, supine callat, imperative calla)

1. (card games) to call

Conjugation

Synonyms

• syna

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kælv?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?lv?/

Etymology 1

From Latin calva (“the scalp”).

Noun

calva (plural calvae)

1. (anatomy) the calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull

Further reading

• Calvaria (skull) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A shortened form of calvados.

Noun

calva (countable and uncountable, plural calvas)

1. calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy

Further reading

• Calvados (brandy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• caval, clava

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.va/
• Homophone: calvas

Noun

calva m (plural calvas)

1. calva; calvados

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Noun

calva f (plural calve)

1. female equivalent of calvo (“bald man”)

Anagrams

• clava

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kal.u?a/, [?kä??u?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kal.va/, [?k?lv?]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kalow?, from Proto-Indo-European *kl?H-.

Noun

calva f (genitive calvae); first declension

1. the bald scalp of the head
2. skull

Declension

First-declension noun.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

calva

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of calvus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of calvus

Adjective

calv?

1. ablative feminine singular of calvus

References

• calva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• calva in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kalba/, [?kal.??a]

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Noun

calva f (plural calvas)

1. bald patch (area of baldness)
2. an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out
3. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
4. a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets
5. the wooden target used in the game of calva

Further reading

• calva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia