cale

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cale"

English

Noun

cale (plural cales)

1. (Australia) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae

Derived terms

• herring cale

Anagrams

• ALEC, Acle, Alec, Cela, acle, alec, lace

Aromanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

Noun

cale f (definite articulation calea)

1. Alternative form of cali

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• kale, cal, kal

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cale f

1. road, street
2. time

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

• Audio (une cale)

  (file)

Etymology 1

Probably from German Keil.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

1. wedge (under door etc.)
2. (golf) wedge
3. chock (for wheel)

Etymology 2

From caler.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

1. (obsolete) immersion (in water)
2. hold (of a ship)
3. slipway
4. bilge

Further reading

• “cale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cela, lace, lacé

Galician

Verb

cale

1. inflection of calar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: cà‧le

Noun

cale f

1. plural of cala

Verb

cale

1. third-person singular present indicative of calere

Anagrams

• alce, cela

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.leː/, [ˈkäɫ̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/, [ˈkäːle]

Verb

calē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of caleō

Old Polish

Etymology

From cały +‎ -e. First attested in 1448–1450.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /t͡salʲɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /t͡salʲɛ/

Adverb

cale

1. unscathedly, intact, without harm

   Synonym: cało

   • 1895 [1448–1450], Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, page 90:

     Ten possag... sobye nyeodzewnye zachowayąn... czale i s pelna (reservabunt... integraliter et ex toto)

     [Ten posag... sobie nieodzewnie zachowają... cale i z pełna (reservabunt... integraliter et ex toto)]

Related terms

adjective

• cały

 

adverb

• cało

 

nouns

• całowanie
• całość
• pocałowanie
• ucałowanie

 

verbs

• całować impf, pocałować pf, ucałować pf
• celić impf

 

Descendants

• Polish: cale

References

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “cale”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “cale”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀘𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• चले (Devanagari script)
• চলে (Bengali script)
• චලෙ (Sinhalese script)
• စလေ or ၸလေ (Burmese script)
• จเล or จะเล (Thai script)
• ᨧᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈເລ or ຈະເລ (Lao script)
• ចលេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

cale

1. optative active singular of calati (“to move”)

Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish cale. By surface analysis, cały +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -alɛ
• Syllabification: ca‧le

Adverb

cale (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) wholly; entirely, completely (in a way not in pieces)

   Synonym: całkowicie

2. (Middle Polish) wholly; entirely, completely (without exception)
   1. (Middle Polish, in the negative) not at all
3. (Middle Polish) wholly; safely (without harm)
4. (Middle Polish) wholly; Further details are uncertain.
   • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎^[1], page 399d:

     Solide adverbium, Cále/ zupełnie.

   • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[2], page 523a:

     Incorupte ‒ Nie nakazenie czalię.

   • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[3], page 544a:

     Insolidum ‒ Czalię

   • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[4], page 547b:

     Integre ‒ Czalie, ſzczerze, zupełnie.

Derived terms

particle

• wcale

 

Related terms

adjectives

• caliznowy
• całki
• całkowalny
• całkowity
• całkowy
• całostkowy
• całościowy
• całowity
• całuskowy
• całuśny
• cały

 

adverbs

• calusieńko
• caluśko
• całkiem
• całkowicie
• całkowo
• całostkowo
• całościowo
• całowicie

 

nouns

• calak
• calec
• calizna
• całka
• całkość
• całkowalność
• całkowanie
• całkowitka
• całkowitość
• całkowość
• całostka
• całostkowość
• całościowość
• całość
• całownik
• całunek
• całus
• całusek
• całuśnik

 

verbs

• caleć impf, ocaleć pf
• calić impf
• całkować impf, scałkować pf
• całościować impf
• całować impf

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -alɛ
• Syllabification: ca‧le

Noun

cale m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cal

Further reading

• cale in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cale”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “CALE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 20.09.2022
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cale”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[5]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cale”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[6]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cale”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 252

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ali, (Portugal) -alɨ, (Portugal, with apocope) -al
• Homophone: cal (Portugal, with apocope)
• Hyphenation: ca‧le

Verb

cale

1. inflection of calar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin callis, callem. Compare Aromanian cali, cale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ca‧le

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cale f (plural căi)

1. avenue
2. way (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. (computing) path

Declension

Declension of cale

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cale	calea	(niște) căi	căile
genitive/dative	(unei) căi	căii	(unor) căi	căilor
vocative	cale, caleo		căilor

Derived terms

• călător

See also

• drum
• stradă

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).

Noun

cale

1. alcalde

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkale/ [ˈka.le]
• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: ca‧le

Verb

cale

1. inflection of calar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Volapük

Noun

cale

1. dative singular of cal