French edit

Etymology edit

Via Old French from Vulgar Latin *calina, which is from Latin calidus (warm).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.li.ne/, /kɑ.li.ne/[2]
  • (file)

Verb edit

câliner

  1. to be physically affectionate; to cuddle

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Berns, Jacobs, Scheer, Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2009: Selected Papers from "Going Romance" Nice 2009
  2. ^ câliner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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