kaliber
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”). Origin uncertain, perhaps, from Latin qua libra (“of what dimensions, weight”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧li‧ber
Noun edit
kaliber n (plural kalibers, diminutive kalibertje n)
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: kaliber
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kaliber, from French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”). Semantic loan from English calibre for "capacity or compass of mind" sense.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaliber
- calibre, caliber
- Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
- The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
- (figurative, colloquial) capacity or compass of mind.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kaliber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From French calibre, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib).
Noun edit
kaliber n (definite singular kaliberet, indefinite plural kaliber or kalibre, definite plural kalibra or kalibrene)
Usage notes edit
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically masculine.[1] The forms kaliberen, kalibere, kalibrer, and kaliberne were then made obsolete.
References edit
- “kaliber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French calibre, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib).
Noun edit
kaliber n (definite singular kaliberet, indefinite plural kaliber, definite plural kalibera)
Usage notes edit
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically masculine.[1] The masculine forms kaliberen, kalibrar, and kalibrane were then made obsolete.
References edit
- “kaliber” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French calibre, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib), from Classical Syriac ܩܠܒܝܕ (/*qālobīḏ/, “last”), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, “last”), diminutive of καλόπους (kalópous, “last”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaliber m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
kaliber c