Calais

See also: calais and caláis

English

Etymology

From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkæleɪ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkælɨs/ (traditional)

Proper noun

Calais

  1. A town in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.

Translations

References
  1. Mouton (1985): International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics, Volumes 31-32, p. 367

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Calais m

  1. Calais

French

Proper noun

Calais

  1. Calais

Derived terms

Middle English

Proper noun

Calais

  1. Alternative form of Caleys

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Calais.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Calais f

  1. Calais (a town in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France)
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