calza

calza

See also: calzá

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese calça (13th century), from early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑlθɐ], (western) [ˈkɑlsɐ]

Noun

calza f (plural calzas)

1. (rare, usually in the plural) breeches, hoses
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 667:

     calçaronllj hũas calças daquel meesmo pano

     they put on him some hoses of the same cloth

   Synonyms: calzón, osa

2. (rare, usually in the plural) stocking; socks
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:

     Iten que se vendan os çapatos en esta maneira: os çapatos de corda para sobre calça acostumados a trese branquas et hũu coroado et os çapatos de ome de pẽe et de lavrador trése branquas et hũu coroado

     Item, that they sell the shoes in this manner: the usual laced shoes for over the sock, thirteen whites and a crown each one, and the men's shoes for peons of workers, thirteen whites and a crown

   Synonym: media

Derived terms

• calceta
• calcetín
• calzón

 

Related terms

• calzar

 

References

• “calça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “calças” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “calza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “calza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “calza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -altsa
• Hyphenation: càl‧za

Etymology 1

From early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Noun

calza f (plural calze)

1. sock
2. stocking

Derived terms

• calzamaglia
• calzetta
• calzettone
• calzificio
• calzino

 

Related terms

• calzare
• calcare
• calcagno

Descendants

• → Greek: κάλτσα (káltsa)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calza

1. inflection of calzare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish calça, from early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Noun

calza f (plural calzas)

1. stocking, sock

   Synonym: media

Derived terms

• calceta
• calzón

Related terms

• calzar
• calce
• calcar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calza

1. inflection of calzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “calza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• calza on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es