different between calva vs valva

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valva. Doublet of valve.

Noun

valva (plural valvae)

1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

Italian

Noun

valva f (plural valve)

1. (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volv? (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?al.u?a/, [?u?ä??u?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?val.va/, [?v?lv?]

Noun

valva f (genitive valvae); first declension

1. double or folding door (in plural)
2. one leaf of such doors

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: valva
• ? Middle English: valve
  • English: valve
    • ? Japanese: ??? (barubu)
    • ? Thai: ????? (waao)

References

• valva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• valva in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)

   Synonym: válvula

Related terms

• válvula

Spanish

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve