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6-letter words (1 found)

CALCAR,

5-letter words (1 found)

CRAAL,

4-letter words (5 found)

ACCA,ALAR,CACA,CARL,RACA,

3-letter words (8 found)

AAL,ALA,ARC,CAA,CAL,CAR,LAC,LAR,

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AA,AL,AR,LA,

You can make 19 words from calcar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of calcar

calcar

Etymology 1

From the Italian calcara (“lime-kiln”).

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

  1. A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
Related terms
  • calcarious
  • calcary

Etymology 2

From the Latin calcar (“spur”).

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

  1. (botany, anatomy) A spur-like projection.
Derived terms
  • calcarate
Related terms
  • calcariferous
  • calcariform
  • calcarine

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin calcāre, present active infinitive of calcō.

Verb

calcar (first-person singular indicative present calco, past participle calcáu)

  1. to press, push
  2. to hit, strike

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From Latin calcāre (“to press”), present active infinitive of calcō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈkaɾ/

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calquei, past participle calcado)

  1. to press
  2. to trample

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • calco
  • socalcar
  • socalco

Related terms

  • calcañar
  • couce

References

  • “calc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “calcar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “calcar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “calcar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “calcar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from an extension of the Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“heel”). Cognate of calx, calcō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kar/, [ˈkäɫ̪kär]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kar/, [ˈkälkär]

Noun

calcar n (genitive calcāris); third declension

  1. spur (equestrian, or of a cock)
  2. (figuratively) incitement, stimulus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Descendants

  • → English: calcar

References

  • “calcar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calcar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calcar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “calcar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “calcar”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • New Latin Grammar, Allen and Greenough, 1903.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin calcāre.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cal‧car

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calquei, past participle calcado)

  1. to trample, to crush
  2. to press (grapes, etc.)
  3. (figuratively) to humiliate, to subjugate
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive) to base a work on (a previous one)
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive) to copy a work

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse with calçar.

Conjugation

Related terms

Noun

calcar m (plural calcares)

  1. (botany) spur
  2. (zoology) in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike
  3. (zoology) in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calcaire, from Latin calcarius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈkar/, /ˈkal.kar/

Noun

calcar n (plural calcare)

  1. limestone
    Synonym: piatră-de-var

Declension

Derived terms

  • calcaros

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈkaɾ/ [kalˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cal‧car

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin calcāre.

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calqué, past participle calcado)

  1. to trace, copy (copy by means of carbon paper or tracing paper)
  2. to trample
Conjugation
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

calcar m (plural calcares)

  1. (anatomy, botany) calcar (a spur-like projection)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “calcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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