cale

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cale"

English

Noun

cale (plural cales)

  1. (Australia) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From cal +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡saˈlɛ/
  • Hyphenation: cá‧lɛ

Noun

cale f (plural cale, definite calja, definite plural calet, male equivalent cal)

  1. lame female, one who limps
    Synonyms: çale, çalamane

Declension

Declension of cale
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cale calja cale calet
accusative calen
dative caleje cales caleve caleve
ablative calesh

Adjective

cale

  1. feminine of cal (limper, lame)
    Synonyms: çale, çalamane

Aromanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.le/

Noun

cale f (definite articulation calea)

  1. alternative form of cali

Champenois

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

  1. (Troyen) beanie, hairdo

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cale f

  1. road, street
  2. time

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/
  • Audio; une cale:(file)
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Etymology 1

Probably from German Keil.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

  1. wedge (under door etc.)
  2. (golf) wedge
  3. chock (for wheel)

Etymology 2

From caler.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

  1. (obsolete) immersion (in water)
  2. hold (of a ship)
  3. slipway
  4. bilge

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

cale

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: cà‧le

Noun

cale f

  1. plural of cala

Verb

cale

  1. third-person singular present indicative of calere

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

calē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of caleō

Middle English

Noun

cale

  1. alternative form of col

Old Polish

Etymology

    From cały + -e. First attested in 1448–1450.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sʲalʲɛ/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sʲalʲɛ/

    Adverb

    cale

    1. (attested in Masovia) unscathedly, intact, without harm
      Synonym: cało
    adjective
    adverb
    verbs

    Descendants

    • Polish: cale

    References

    • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “cale”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
    • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “cale”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Verb

    cale

    1. optative active singular of calati (to move)

    Polish

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Old Polish cale. By surface analysis, cały +‎ -e.

      Pronunciation

       
      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
      • Rhymes: -alɛ
      • Syllabification: ca‧le

      Adverb

      cale (not comparable)

      1. (obsolete) wholly; entirely, completely (in a way not in pieces)
        Synonym: całkowicie
      2. (Middle Polish) wholly; entirely, completely (without exception)
        1. (Middle Polish, in the negative) not at all
      3. (Middle Polish) wholly; safely (without harm)
      4. (Middle Polish) wholly; Further details are uncertain.
        • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon[3], page 399d:
          Solide adverbium, Cále/ zupełnie.
          [Solide adverbium, Cale/ zupełnie.]
        • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum[4], page 523a:
          Incorupte ‒ Nie nakazenie czalię.
          [Incorupte ‒ Nie nakazenie Cale.]
        • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum[5], page 544a:
          Insolidum ‒ Czalię
          [Insolidum ‒ Cale]
        • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum[6], page 547b:
          Integre ‒ Czalie, ſzczerze, zupełnie.
          [Integre ‒ Cale, szczerze, zupełnie.]
      Derived terms
      particle
      verbs

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
      • Rhymes: -alɛ
      • Syllabification: ca‧le

      Noun

      cale m inan

      1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cal

      Further reading

      Portuguese

      Pronunciation

       

      • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
      • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ali, (Portugal) -alɨ, (Portugal, with apocope) -al
      • Homophone: cal (Portugal, with apocope)
      • Hyphenation: ca‧le

      Verb

      cale

      1. inflection of calar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Inherited from Latin callis, callem. Compare Aromanian cali, cale.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈka.le/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Hyphenation: ca‧le
      • Audio:(file)

      Noun

      cale f (plural căi)

      1. avenue
      2. way (clarification of this definition is needed.)
      3. (computing) path

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative cale calea căi căile
      genitive-dative căi căii căi căilor
      vocative cale, caleo căilor

      Derived terms

      See also

      San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, the judge).

      Noun

      cale

      1. alcalde

      References

      • Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈkale/ [ˈka.le]
      • Rhymes: -ale
      • Syllabification: ca‧le

      Verb

      cale

      1. inflection of calar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Volapük

      Noun

      cale

      1. dative singular of cal