calas

See also: Calas, calás, and çalaş

English

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Nupe kara (“fried cake”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kə.ˈlɑː/

Noun

calas pl (plural only)

1. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.

Anagrams

• AACSL, Casal, Scala, casal, scala

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

Verb

calas

1. second-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams

• laças

Galician

Verb

calas

1. second-person singular present indicative of calar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.laːs/, [ˈkäɫ̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.las/, [ˈkäːläs]

Verb

calās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of calō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.las/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧las

Verb

calas

1. second-person singular present indicative of calar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalas/ [ˈka.las]
• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ca‧las

Noun

calas f pl

1. plural of cala

Verb

calas

1. second-person singular present indicative of calar

Volapük

Noun

calas

1. genitive plural of cal