calve

English

Etymology

Verb form related to calf This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɑːv/

Rhymes: -ɑːv

Homophone: carve (Received Pronunciation)

(US) IPA^(key): /kæv/

Rhymes: -æv

Verb

calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved)

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
(intransitive) To assist the giving of birth of a calf.
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg, glacier, or the like) To break off or shed a large piece.
The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.

The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.

Related terms

calf
calves

Translations

to give birth to a calf

Catalan: vedellar (ca)
Dutch: kalven (nl)
Finnish: vasikoida (fi), poikia (fi)
French: vêler (fr)
German: kalben (de)

Russian: тели́ться (ru) (telítʹsja)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: ćelić, woćelić so, ćelećić (rare)
Swedish: kalva (sv)
Westrobothnian: bera, kalv

to assist in giving birth to a calf

Finnish: vasikoida (fi)

to shed a large piece

Dutch: afkalven (nl)
Finnish: poikia (fi)

German: kalben (de)

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} отелвам се (otelvam se)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kalven (nl)
German: ^{(please verify)} kalben (de)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} făta (ro)

Turkish: ^{(please verify)} buzağılamak (tr)
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} bubülimotön (vo)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} bwrw llo, ^{(please verify)} dod â llo

Anagrams

clave

Italian

Adjective

calve

feminine plural of calvo

Noun

calve f

plural of calva

Anagrams

clave

Latin

Adjective

calve

vocative masculine singular of calvus

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