calcaire
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
calcaire m (plural calcaires)
Adjective edit
calcaire (plural calcaires)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “calcaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From calc (“caulk”, verb) + -aire (agent noun suffix).
Noun edit
calcaire m (genitive singular calcaire, nominative plural calcairí)
Declension edit
Declension of calcaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- (caulking-iron): calcóid f
- (glutton): béiceadán, blaochán, bleadrachán, cíocrachán, craosaire, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
calcaire | chalcaire | gcalcaire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “calcaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN