Pronunciation Edit Etymology 1 Edit From Old English cealf Proto-Germanic *kalbaz kalf Kalb kalv Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo “ womb, animal young ” ), *gʷelbʰ- Ancient Greek δολφός dolphós , “ womb ” ), δελφύς delphús ), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬎𐬎𐬀 garəwa ) '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 .
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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 terms Edit Related terms Edit Translations Edit
young cow or bull
Afrikaans: kalwers pl
Akkadian: 𒀫 būru )
Arabic: عِجْل (ar) m ʿijl )
Egyptian Arabic: عجل m ʕegl )
Armenian: հորթ (hy) (hortʿ )
Aromanian: yitsãl
Asturian: xatu m xata f
Azeri: dana (az)
Belarusian: цяля́ (be) n cjaljá )
Breton: leueoù (br) pl
Bulgarian: теле́ (bg) n telé )
Burmese: နွားကလေး nwa:ka.le: )
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
rny
Eshtehardi: جینگَ m jinga ), دوگیَه f dugiya )
Esperanto: ( ♂♀ ) bovido ( ♂ ) virbovido ( ♀ ) bovidino
Estonian: vasikas (et)
Faroese: kálvur m
Finnish: vasikka (fi)
French: veau (fr) m
Friulian: vidiel m
Galician: xuvenco m xato (gl) m cuxo (gl) m cucho (gl) m camoniño m becerro (gl) m tenreiro m
Georgian: ხბო xbo )
German: ( ♂♀ ) Kalb (de) n ( ♂ ) Bullenkalb n ( ♀ ) Kuhkalb n
Greek: μοσχάρι (el) n moschári )
Hebrew: עגל (he) 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 )
Khmer: កូនគោ koon koo )
Korean: 송아지 (ko) (song-aji )
Latgalian: teļš
Latin: vitulus vitellus
Latvian: teļš telēns m
Lithuanian: veršiukas m
Luhya: emosi
Luo: nyaroya
Luxembourgish: Kallef (lb) n
Macedonian: теле n tele )
Maltese: għoġol m erħa f
Manx: lheiy m
Maori: kāwhe
Mongolian: тугал (mn) (tugal )
Ngazidja Comorian: mna-mɓe class 1 /2 (mna-mbe )
Norman: vieau m
North Frisian: ( Mooring dialect ) kuulew n ( Föhr-Amrum ) kualew n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kalv (no) m
Nynorsk: kalv m
Old Church Slavonic: тєльць m telĭcĭ )
Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆 buzaɣu )
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 ), теле́ц (ru) m teléc ) ( dated or poetic )
Scots: cauf
Scottish Gaelic: laogh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: теле n
Latin: tele (sh) n
Seri: noiiyo
Sicilian: jencu (scn) m viteddu (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: теля́ n teljá )
Urdu: بچھیا f bachiyā )
Venetian: vedèl (vec) m vedèƚo m vedeło m
Vietnamese: con bê
Volapük: bubül (vo) , ( unweaned ) sugabubül
Welsh: llo (cy) m
West Frisian: keal n
Wolof: séll wi (wo)
young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)
Armenian: ձագ (hy) (jag )
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)
chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg
small island beside another one
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Etymology 2 Edit Old Norse kalfi 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 Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.
Translations Edit
anatomy: back of the leg below the knee
muscle in the back of the leg below the knee
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