calcaire
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.kɛʁ/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
calcaire m (plural calcaires)
- limestone
Adjective
calcaire (plural calcaires)
- calcareous
Related terms
- calcémie
- calcique
- calcite
- calcium
- chaux
- décalcifier
- décalfication
Further reading
- “calcaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Etymology
From calc (“caulk”, verb) + -aire (agent noun suffix).
Noun
calcaire m (genitive singular calcaire, nominative plural calcairí)
- caulker
- caulking-iron
- glutton
Declension
Declension of calcaire
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (caulking-iron): calcóid f
- (glutton): béiceadán, blaochán, bleadrachán, cíocrachán, craosaire, fursaeir, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
calcaire | chalcaire | gcalcaire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “calcaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN