calça
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”). Over time the meaning extended upward to include all of the body from the waist down, then contracted to cover only the area just below the waist.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
calça f (plural calces)
- (archaic) sock
- Synonym: mitjó
- hose
- Synonym: mitja
- (in the plural) pantaloons; knickers
- Synonym: pantaló
- (in the plural) panties
- Synonym: calçó
- (agriculture) the outer bark of a cork oak that is put back on the tree after the cork has been harvested so as to help the tree to survive and produce more cork
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “calça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “calça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “calça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
calça
- inflection of calçar:
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calça, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).
Noun edit
calça f (plural calças)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
calça
- inflection of calçar: