different between reckoning vs calcule

English

Etymology

Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon +? -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?n??/

Verb

reckoning

1. Present participle and gerund of reckon.

Noun

reckoning (plural reckonings)

1. The action of calculating or estimating something.

   • When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
2. An opinion or judgement.
3. A summing up or appraisal.
4. The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
5. The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
6. (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
7. (archaic) Rank or status.

Synonyms

• (action of calculating or estimating something): calculation, computation; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Translations

Derived terms

• dead reckoning

English

Etymology

From French calcul, from Latin calculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kælkju?l/

Noun

calcule

1. (obsolete) reckoning; computation

References

calcule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.kyl/
• Homophone: calcules

Verb

calcule

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of calculer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of calculer
3. second-person singular imperative of calculer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kal.ku.le/, [?kä??k????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kal.ku.le/, [?k?lkul?]

Noun

calcule

1. vocative singular of calculus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cal?cu?le

Verb

calcule

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of calcular
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of calcular
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of calcular
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of calcular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal?kule/, [kal?ku.le]

Verb

calcule

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