cala

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

cala f (plural cales)

  1. cove

Further reading


Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðala/

Verb

cala

  1. To err. (clarification of this definition is needed)

French

Verb

cala

  1. third-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

Via a Vulgar Latin *calare, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.la/

Noun

cala f (plural cale)

  1. inlet, cove
    Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura
  2. (nautical) hold

Derived terms

Verb

cala

  1. third-person singular present of calare
  2. second-person singular imperative of calare

Latin

Noun

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

  1. log to burn

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cāla cālae
Genitive cālae cālārum
Dative cālae cālīs
Accusative cālam cālās
Ablative cālā cālīs
Vocative cāla cālae

Verb

calā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

References


Portuguese

Verb

cala

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of calar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of calar

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish calad (shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)), from Late Latin calatum.

Noun

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

  1. harbour

Synonyms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkala/

Etymology 1

From calar, from Latin chalāre (to descend), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
  2. try, attempt
  3. testing
  4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
Synonyms

Verb

cala

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of calar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of calar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of calar.

Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  1. cove
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

From New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  1. calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
Synonyms

References


Swazi

Verb

-cála

  1. to begin

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.


Volapük

Noun

cala

  1. genitive singular of cal

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

Pronunciation

Noun

cala f (plural caliau)

  1. (anatomy) penis

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cala gala nghala chala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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