PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English cealf, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz (compare Dutch kalf, German Kalb, Danish kalv), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo 'womb, animal young' (compare Ancient Greek (Hesychius) δολφός (dolphós) 'womb', Avestan garəwa [script?] 'uterus', Sanskrit गर्भ (gárbha) 'womb'), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to swell”).
calf (plural calves or calfs)
- A young cow or bull.
- Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
- A young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals).
- A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Kane to this entry?)
- A small island, near a larger island.
- the Calf of Man
- A cabless railroad engine.
- (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
- Drayton
- some silly, doting, brainless calf
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
young cow or bull
- Afrikaans: kalwers pl
- Akkadian: 𒀫 (būru)
- Arabic: عجل (ar) m (ʿijl)
- Egyptian Arabic: عجل m (ʕegl)
- Armenian: հորթ (hortʿ)
- Aromanian: yitsãl
- Asturian: xatu m, xata f
- Azeri: dana (az)
- Belarusian: цяля n (cjaljá)
- Breton: leueoù (br) pl
- Bulgarian: теле (bg) n (telé)
- Burmese: နွားကလေး (nwa:găle:)
- Catalan: vedell (ca) m
- Chechen: эса (esa)
- Cherokee: ᏩᎧᎠᎩᎾ (waka agina)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小牛 (zh) (xiǎoniú), 犢 (zh), 犊 (zh) (dú)
- Coptic: ⲙⲁⲥⲉ (mase)
- Cornish: leugh
- Czech: tele (cs) n
- Danish: kalv (da) c
- Dutch: kalf (nl) n
- Egyptian: bḥz
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- Eshtehardi: جینگَ m (jinga), دوگیَه f (dugiya)
- Esperanto: (♂♀) bovido, (♂) virbovido, (♀) bovidino
- Estonian: vasikas (et)
- Faroese: kálvur m
- Finnish: vasikka (fi)
- French: veau (fr) m
- Georgian: ხბო (xbo)
- German: (♂♀) Kalb (de) n, (♂) Bullenkalb n, (♀) Kuhkalb n
- Greek: μοσχάρι (el) n (moschári)
- Hebrew: עגל m (‘egel)
- Hindi: बछिया f (bachiyā)
- Hungarian: borjú (hu)
- Icelandic: kálfur (is) m
- Ido: (♂♀) bovyuno (io), (♂) bovyunulo (io), (♀) bovyunino (io)
- Irish: lao m, gamhain m
- Italian: vitello (it) m
- Japanese: 子牛 (こうし, ko-ushi)
- Jèrriais: vieau m
- Korean: 송아지 (ko) (song-aji)
- Latgalian: teļš
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- Latin: vitulus, vitellus
- Latvian: teļš, telēns m
- Lithuanian: veršiukas m
- Luhya: emosi
- Luo: nyaroya
- Luxembourgish: Kallef (lb) n
- Macedonian: теле n (téle)
- Maltese: għoġol m, erħa f
- Manx: lheiy m
- Maori: kāwhe
- North Frisian: (Mooring dialect) kuulew n; (Föhr-Amrum) kualew n
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kalv (no) m
- Nynorsk: kalv m
- Old Church Slavonic: тєльць m (telĭcĭ)
- Persian: گوساله (fa) (gusâle)
- Polish: cielę (pl) n
- Portuguese: bezerro (pt) m, terneiro (pt) m, novilho (pt) m
- Romanian: vițel (ro) m, vițea (ro) f
- Romansch: vadè m
- Russian: телёнок (ru) m (teljónok), телец (ru) m (teléc) (dated or poetic)
- Scots: cauf
- Scottish Gaelic: laogh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: теле n
- Latin: tele n
- Seri: noiiyo
- Sicilian: jencu (scn) m
- Slovak: teľa n
- Slovene: tele (sl) n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: śele n
- Upper Sorbian: ćelo n
- Spanish: becerro (es) m, ternero (es) m, ternera (es) f
- Sumerian: 𒀫 (AMAR)
- Swahili: ndama (sw)
- Swedish: kalv (sv) c
- Tok Pisin: pikinini bulmakau
- Tswana: namane
- Turkish: dana (tr), buzağı (tr)
- Ukrainian: теля n (teljá)
- Venetian: vedèl (vec) m, vedèƚo m
- Vietnamese: con bê
- Volapük: (♂♀) bubül (vo), (♂) hibubül, (♀) jibubül, (unweaned ♂♀) sugabubül, (unweaned ♂) sugahibubül, (unweaned ♀) sugajibubül, (♂, obsolete) smaxol, (♀, obsolete) smakun
- Welsh: llo (cy) m
- West Frisian: keal n
- Wolof: séll wi (wo)
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young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)
- Chechen: эса (esa)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 仔 (zh) (zǎi)
- Danish: unge (da) c (of an elephant, seal or whale), kalv (da) c (of other animals, e.g., moose or antelope)
- Dutch: kalf (nl) n, jong (nl) n
- Finnish: poikanen (fi)
- French: éléphanteau (fr) m, chiot (fr) m (seal calf; lit., "puppy"), blanchon (fr) m (seal calf), baleineau (fr) m (whale calf)
- German: Kalb (de) n
- Hungarian: borjú (hu), kölyök (hu)
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- Maori: miha (for whales only)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kalv (no) m
- Nynorsk: kalv m
- Portuguese: filhote (pt) m, cria (pt) f
- Romanian: pui (ro) m
- Russian: слонёнок (ru) m (slonjónok) (elephant calf), тюленёнок (ru) m (tjulenjónok) (seal calf), китёнок (ru) m (kitjónok) (whale calf)
- Spanish: cría (es) f
- Swahili: ndama (sw)
- Swedish: kalv (sv) c
- Volapük: (♂♀ elephant) leefadül, (♂) hileefadül, (♀) jileefadül, (♂♀ whale) valütül, (♂) hivalütül, (♀) jivalütül, (♂♀ seal) fukül, (♂) hifukül, (♀) jifukül
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chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg
small island beside another one
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Etymology 2Edit
Old Norse kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as calf (“young cow”) (above).
calf (plural calves or calfs)
- (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
- The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
- 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34.
- Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.
TranslationsEdit
anatomy: back of the leg below the knee
muscle in the back of the leg below the knee
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Middle DutchEdit
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