different between hippo vs calf

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?p??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?po?/
• Rhymes: -?p??

Noun

hippo (plural hippos)

1. Clipping of hippopotamus.
   • 2006 "The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal." Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.

Derived terms

• hippo fly

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: käf, IPA^(key): /k??f/
• (US, Can) enPR: k?f, IPA^(key): /kæf/
• (AUS, General New Zealand, Northern England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland) IPA^(key): /k??f/
• Rhymes: -??f, -æf

Etymology 1

From Middle English calf, kælf, kelf, from Old English cælf, ?ealf;also cognate with German Kalb (“calf”) and Dutch kalf (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.

Noun

calf (plural calves)

1. A young cow or bull.
2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
3. A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
4. A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
   • 1915 (published), 1848 (first written), Elisha Kent Kane, Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack

     Our swell ceases with this wind, and the floes seem disposed to come together again; but the days of winter have passed by, and the interposing calves prevent the apposition of the edges

5. A small island, near a larger island.

   the Calf of Man

6. A cabless railroad engine.
7. (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, Nimphidia, the Court of Faery

     some silly, doating, brainless calf

Synonyms

• bullet (rare); cowlet, cowling; moggy (Midlands, now rare)

Derived terms

Related terms

• calve

Translations

See also

• bull
• cow
• veal

Etymology 2

From Middle English calf, kalf, from Old Norse kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as English calf (“young cow”) (above). Cognate with Icelandic kálfi (“calf of the leg”).

Noun

calf (plural calves)

1. (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
   • 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34.

     Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.

Derived terms

• calfless

Translations

References

Anagrams

• CLAF, FLAC

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch calf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

calf n

1. calf

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kalf
• Limburgish: kalf

Further reading

• “calf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “calf”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cælf, Anglian form of ?ealf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Alternative forms

• chalf, chalve, chelve, kelf, kalf, calfe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalf/, /t?alf/

Noun

calf (plural calver(e) or calveren or calves)

2. calf (cow that has not fully matured)
3. A representation of a calf; something that looks like a calf.
4. fawn (deer that has not fully matured)
5. (rare) Veal; the meat of calves.

Descendants

• English: calf
• Scots: cauf, cawf, caff, calf
• Yola: callef

References

• “calf, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kalfi.

Alternative forms

• calfe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kalf(?)/

Noun

calf (plural calves)

2. calf (part of the leg).

Descendants

• English: calf
• Scots: cauf

References

• “calf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Noun

calf n

1. calf

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: calf
  • Dutch: kalf
  • Limburgish: kalf

Further reading

• “kalf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English calf (“young cow”).

Noun

calf

1. Alternative form of cauf (“calf (young cow)”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English caf, caff, kaf, kaff, alternative forms of chaf.

Noun

calf

1. Alternative form of caff