calé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cale"
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Caló calé, plural of caló, from Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “dark, black”). The term originally referred to "dark" copper coins in contrast to "light" silver coins, which were called parné, from parnó (“white”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
calé m (plural calés)
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) money, cash
- Synonym: diner
- 2020 February 27, Erica Aspas, “Compartir és estimar”, in Time Out Barcelona[1], volume 586, page 22:
- Abans de comprar l'estri que teniu a les mans, penseu: realment em fa falta? Us deixareu els calés en una cosa que potser només feu servir un dia o uns minuts?
- Before buying the tool that you have in your hands, think: do I really need it? Will you let your money go something that you might only use for one day or a few minutes?
Further reading edit
- “calé” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “calé”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “calé” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “calé” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
calé (feminine calée, masculine plural calés, feminine plural calées)
Participle edit
calé (feminine calée, masculine plural calés, feminine plural calées)
- past participle of caler
Further reading edit
- “calé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Caló calé (“black”). See caló.
Adjective edit
calé m or f (masculine and feminine plural calés)
Noun edit
calé m (plural calés)
- gypsy
- Synonym: gitano
- (historical) a Spanish copper coin, worth four maravedis
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
calé
Further reading edit
- “calé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014