kaliber

From French calibre (“bore of a gun, size, capacity (literally, and figuratively), also weight”). Origin uncertain, perhaps, from Latin qua libra (“of what dimensions, weight”)

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• Hyphenation: ka‧li‧ber

kaliber n (plural kalibers, diminutive kalibertje n)

1. calibre

kaliber (plural kaliber-kaliber, first-person possessive kaliberku, second-person possessive kalibermu, third-person possessive kalibernya)

1. calibre

From French calibre

kaliber m (definite singular kaliberen, indefinite plural kalibere or kalibre or kalibrer, definite plural kaliberne or kalibrene)
kaliber n (definite singular kaliberet, indefinite plural kaliber or kalibre, definite plural kalibra or kalibrene)

1. calibre, or caliber (US)

• “kaliber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French calibre

kaliber m (definite singular kaliberen, indefinite plural kalibrar, definite plural kalibrane)
kaliber n (definite singular kaliberet, indefinite plural kaliber, definite plural kalibera)

1. calibre, or caliber (US)

• “kaliber” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

kaliber c

1. calibre