Definitions and meaning of cal
cal
Translingual
Symbol
cal
- calorie
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæl/
- Rhymes: -æl
Etymology 1
Noun
cal (plural cals)
- Abbreviation of calorie.
- Abbreviation of caliber.
Etymology 2
Noun
cal (uncountable)
- (mining, archaic, Britain, dialect, Cornwall) wolfram, an ore of tungsten.
References
Etymology 3
From an abbreviation of calcium hydroxide.
Noun
cal (uncountable)
- calcium hydroxide, slaked lime
Anagrams
- ACL, CLA, LAC, LAc, LCA, Lac, alc, lac
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”). Compare Romanian cal.
Noun
cal m (plural calj or cayi)
- horse
Related terms
- cãlãrets
- cãlar/ncãlar
- cãlãriu
- ncalic
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkal/
- Rhymes: -al
Etymology 1
Contraction
cal
- Contraction of ca el.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
cal
- third-person singular present indicative of caldre
Dalmatian
Etymology 1
From Latin quālis.
Conjunction
cal
- as
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
cal
- road, street
References
- Bartoli, Matteo Giulio, Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1906, published 2000
French
Pronunciation
Noun
cal m (plural cals)
- callus (hardened part of the skin)
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cal m (plural cales)
- lime (calcium oxide)
Derived terms
- Caeira
- Caeiro
- Cal
- cal morto
- cal vivo
Etymology 2
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cãal, from Latin canalis. Doublet of canal.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
cal m or f (plural cales)
- ditch
- furrow
- mill race
- chute
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis (“which”). Cognate with Portuguese qual and Spanish cual.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
cal
- which (what one)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
cal f (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of caloría.
References
- “qual” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cãal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin callis, callem.
Noun
cal
- street, alley
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
cal m inan
- inch (unit of measure)
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkaɫ/
- (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: cal
Noun
cal f (plural cales or cais)
- lime (calcium oxide)
Romanian
Etymology
From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cal m (plural cai)
- horse
- (chess) knight
Declension
Related terms
See also
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cal f (uncountable)
- lime (calcium oxide)
Derived terms
- a cal y canto
- agua de cal
- cal apagada
- cal hidráulica
- cal muerta
- cal viva
- cloruro de cal
- mortero de cal
- piedra de cal
- una de cal y otra de arena
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Symbol
cal
- Symbol of caloría
Volapük
Noun
cal (nominative plural cals)
- occupation
- office (position)
- profession
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- cäl
- cälan
- cäläb
- cälod
- cälodön
- cälov
- cälovik
- cälön
- hicäläb
- hicälan
- jicäläb
- jicälan
- laidacäl
Source: wiktionary.org- (short for) calorie, as in low cal.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)