cal

See also: Cal, Cal., cál, and càl
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English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1

Noun

cal (plural cals)

  1. Abbreviation of calorie.
  2. Abbreviation of caliber.

Etymology 2

Noun

cal (uncountable)

  1. (mining, archaic, Britain, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Simmonds to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology 3

From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide

Noun

cal (uncountable)

  1. calcium hydroxide, slaked lime

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Compare Daco-Romanian cal.

Noun

cal m (plural calj)

  1. horse

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contraction

cal

  1. Contraction of ca el.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

cal

  1. third-person singular present indicative of caldre

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin quālis.

Conjunction

cal

  1. as

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/

Noun

cal m (plural cals)

  1. callus (hardened part of the skin)

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cal

  1. street, alley

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sal/

Noun

cal m inan

  1. inch (unit of measure)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?] (“break up, split”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: cal
  • Rhymes: -aw

Noun

cal f (plural cales or cais)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/

Noun

cal m (plural cai)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Romanian · piese de șah (layout · text)
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rege regină, damă tură, turn nebun cal pion

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”), from Proto-Indo-European [Term?] (“break up, split”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al

Noun

cal f (uncountable)

  1. lime (calcium oxide)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al

Symbol

cal

  1. Symbol of caloría

Derived terms

Volapük

Noun

cal (plural cals)

  1. occupation
  2. office (position)
  3. profession

Declension

Derived terms

  • cäl
  • cälan
  • cäläb
  • cälod
  • cälodön
  • cälov
  • cälovik
  • cälön
  • hicäläb
  • hicälan
  • jicäläb
  • jicälan
  • laidacäl
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