cale

cale

See also: Cale, calé, câle, çalë, and całe

English

Noun

cale (plural cales)

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

Anagrams

• ALEC, Acle, Alec, Cela, acle, alec, lace

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Aromanian

Noun

cale f (definite articulation calea)

1. Alternative form of cali

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• kale, cal, kal

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cale f

1. road, street
2. time

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

• Audio (une cale)

  (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

• “cale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cela, lace, lacé

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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

• alce, cela

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.leː/, [ˈkäɫ̪eː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/, [ˈkäːle]

Verb

calē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of caleō

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɨ/, /ˈkal/ [ˈkaɫ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧le

Verb

cale

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem. Compare Aromanian cali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ca‧le

Noun

cale f (plural căi)

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

Declension

Declension of cale

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cale	calea	(niște) căi	căile
genitive/dative	(unei) căi	căii	(unor) căi	căilor
vocative	cale, caleo		căilor

Derived terms

• călător

See also

• drum
• stradă

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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.

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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

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Volapük

Noun

cale

1. dative singular of cal