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Translingual

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cal

  1. calorie
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Carolinian.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clippings.

Noun

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cal (plural cals)

  1. (informal) Clipping of calorie.
  2. (military, informal) Clipping of caliber.
  3. (informal) Clipping of calendar.
    • 2020 April 1, Taylor Lorenz, “Stop Trying to Be Productive”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      “I set an hour on my cal every day for a home workout. Then I’d be on calls for three hours, then I’d make a homemade breakfast, take a walk at lunchtime, work on something non-screen-related in the evening, cook dinner and go on a run,” she said.
  4. Clipping of calibration.
  5. (Philippines) Clipping of calculator.
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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cal (uncountable)

  1. (mining, archaic, UK, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten.[1]
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  1. ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products

Etymology 3

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Clipping of calcium hydroxide.

Noun

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cal (uncountable)

  2. Calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Same as çal with the usual c:ç alteration in the first letter ( also cek:çek, cep:çep, cipë:çipë, etc.). Northern Gheg word, also used as first and last name, Cal +‎ -i. Lambertz classifies Cali as an Illyrian name,[1] but Çabej considers it unconvincing.[2]

Noun

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cal m (plural calë, definite cali, definite plural calët)

  1. lame person, one who limps
    Synonyms: çal, çalaman

Declension

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Declension of cal
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cal cali calë calët
accusative calin
dative cali calit calëve calëve
ablative calësh

Adjective

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cal (feminine cale)

  1. limper, lame

References

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  1. ^ Lambertz, Maximilian (1952), Zeitschrift für Indogermanische Forschungen, 60, page 307
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cal”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana: Akademia et Shkencave e Republikës Popullore të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, page 7

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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    cal m (plural calj or cai)

    1. horse
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    Catalan

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    Contraction

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    cal

    1. contraction of ca +‎ el

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    cal

    1. third-person singular present indicative of caldre

    Chinese

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    Etymology

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    From clipping of English calibrate.

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    cal

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to fine-tune; to calibrate (a hardware, e.g. camera, television, speakers)

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    Dalmatian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Latin quālis.

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    cal

    1. as

    Etymology 2

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    From Latin callis.

    Noun

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    cal

    1. road, street

    References

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    • Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

    French

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    cal m (plural cals)

    1. callus (hardened part of the skin)

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    Galician

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    Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia gl

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin *calem, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

    Noun

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    cal m (plural cales)

    1. lime (calcium oxide)
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    Etymology 2

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese caal, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.

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    Noun

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    cal m or f (plural cales)

    1. ditch
    2. furrow
    3. mill race
    4. chute
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    Etymology 3

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese cal / qual, from Latin quālis (“which”). Cognate with Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.

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    Pronoun

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    cal (plural cales)

    1. which (what one)

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    Noun

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    cal f (uncountable)

    1. abbreviation of caloría

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    Istriot

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    Etymology

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    From Latin callis, callem.

    Noun

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    cal

    1. street, alley

    Megleno-Romanian

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”),[1] from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin.

      Noun

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      cal m

      1. horse

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      • Atasanov, Petar (1990), Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
      1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/cal

      Middle English

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      Noun

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      cal (Northern)

      1. alternative form of col

      Old English

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      Etymology

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      Variant of cawel.

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      Noun

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      cāl m

      1. cabbage, kale, colewort

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      • Middle English: col

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      Old Galician-Portuguese

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [ˈkal]
      • Rhymes: -al
      • Hyphenation: cal

      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

      Noun

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      cal f (plural cals)

      1. lime (calcium oxide)
        • 13th century, Afonso Lopes de Baião, En arouca hũa casa faria; republished as chapter 1471, in Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional‎[2], c. 1526:
          En arouca hũa casa faria
          Atantei grã sabor dea fazer
          Que ia mays custa nõ recearia
          Nen ar daria rẽ por meu auer
          Ca ey pedreyꝛos e pedra e cal
          E desta casa nõ mi mĩgua al
          Senõ madeyra noua q̃ queria
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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      Etymology 2

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      Pronoun

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      cal

      1. alternative form of qual
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      References

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      • Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “cal”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

      Pipil

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Nahuan *kal-lɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaLi-ta. Compare Classical Nahuatl calli (“house”).

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      Noun

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      cal (plural cahcal)

      1. an enclosed habitational space, a house or room. alternative form of kal
        Ne nocompa nemi tic oni toltic cal
        My friend lives in that yellow house
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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sal/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -al
      • Syllabification: cal

      Etymology 1

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      Old High German zolloder.
      Middle High German zolder.
      German Zollbor.
      Polish cal

        Borrowed from German Zoll.

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        cal m inan

        1. inch (English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb)
        Declension
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        Declension of cal
        singular plural
        nominative cal cale
        genitive cala cali
        dative calowi calom
        accusative cal cale
        instrumental calem calami
        locative calu calach
        vocative calu cale

        Etymology 2

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

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          cal

          1. second-person singular imperative of calić

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          • “cal”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • “cal”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

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          Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
          Wikipedia pt

          Etymology

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          Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

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          • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
          • Hyphenation: cal

          Noun

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          cal f or (nonstandard) m (usually uncountable, plural cales or cais)

          1. lime (calcium oxide)

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          Although common, the usage of cal as a masculine-gender noun is proscribed.

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          Romanian

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          Etymology

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            Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), probably of Gaulish [Term?] origin or from something further east, such as a Scythian and ultimately Proto-Iranian [Term?] origin.[1] The Romanian word likely went through an earlier hypothetical form *căal or *caual.[2] Compare Aromanian cal.

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            cal m (plural cai)

            1. horse
            2. (chess) knight

            Declension

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            singular plural
            indefinite definite indefinite definite
            nominative-accusative cal calul cai caii
            genitive-dative cal calului cai cailor
            vocative calule cailor
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            Chess pieces in Romanian · piese de șah (layout · text)
            ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
            rege regină, damă tură, turn nebun cal pion

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            1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/cai
            2. ^ https://www.academia.edu/44349879/Sextil_Pu%C8%99cariu_Limba_rom%C3%A2n%C4%83_Vol_II_Rostirea_1959_

            Somali

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            Etymology

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            Cognate with Rendille h'al and Afar qale. Compare Iraqw /ali (“sprout”). Perhaps related to caleen (“leaf”).

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            • IPA(key): [ˈʡ͜ʢɑ́l]
            • Hyphenation: cal

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            cal f (plural calo m)

            1. mountain
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              determiners of cal  
            singular
            definite non-remote casha
            remote cashii
            demonstrative proximal cashan
            medial cashaas
            distal casheer
            far distal cashoo
            interrogative cashee
            possessive mine cashayda
            yours cashaada
            his cashiisa
            her casheeda
            ours (excl.) cashayada
            ours (incl.) casheena
            yours (pl.) cashiinna
            theirs cashooda

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            • “cal”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

            Spanish

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            Etymology 1

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            Inherited from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx (via the nominative), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

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            cal f (uncountable)

            1. lime (calcium oxide)
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            Symbol

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            cal

            1. Symbol of caloría

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            Volapük

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            Noun

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            cal (genitive cala, plural cals)

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

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            Declension of cal
            Singular Plural
            Nominative cal cals
            Genitive cala calas
            Dative cale cales
            Accusative cali calis
            Predicative1 calu calus
            Vocative o cal o cals
            1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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            Welsh

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            Etymology

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            From Proto-Brythonic *kalɣ, from Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

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            cal f

            1. alternative form of cala (“penis”)

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            Mutation

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            Mutated forms of cal
            radical soft nasal aspirate
            cal gal nghal chal

            Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
            All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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