cale

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cale"

English

Noun

cale (plural cales)

1. (Australia) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae

Derived terms

• herring cale

Anagrams

• Cael, acle, Cela, Alec, alec, alce, ALEC, lace, Clea, Acle

Albanian

Etymology

From cal +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saˈlɛ/
• Hyphenation: cá‧lɛ

Noun

cale f (plural cale, definite calja, definite plural calet, male equivalent cal)

1. lame female, one who limps

   Synonyms: çale, çalamane

Declension

Declension of cale

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cale	calja	cale	calet
accusative		calen
dative	caleje	cales	caleve	caleve
ablative			calesh

Adjective

cale

1. feminine of cal (“limper, lame”)

   Synonyms: çale, çalamane

Aromanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

Noun

cale f (definite articulation calea)

1. alternative form of cali

Champenois

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

1. (Troyen) beanie, hairdo

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• kale, cal, kal

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

cale f

1. road, street
2. time

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal/

• Audio; “une cale”:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Probably from German Keil.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

1. wedge (under door etc.)
2. (golf) wedge
3. chock (for wheel)

Etymology 2

From caler.

Noun

cale f (plural cales)

1. (obsolete) immersion (in water)
2. hold (of a ship)
3. slipway
4. bilge

Etymology 3

Verb

cale

1. inflection of caler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• cela, lace, lacé

Galician

Verb

cale

1. inflection of calar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: cà‧le

Noun

cale f

1. plural of cala

Verb

cale

1. third-person singular present indicative of calere

Anagrams

• alce, cela

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɫeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.le]

Verb

calē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of caleō

Middle English

Noun

cale

1. alternative form of col

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas

Proto-Slavic *cě̑lъ

Old Polish cały

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is

Proto-Slavic *-ь

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas

Proto-Slavic *-jь

Proto-Slavic *-ьje

Old Polish -e

Old Polish cale

From cały + -e. First attested in 1448–1450.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /t͡sʲalʲɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /t͡sʲalʲɛ/

Adverb

cale

1. (attested in Masovia) unscathedly, intact, without harm

   Synonym: cało

   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 90:

     Ten possag... sobye nyeodzewnye zachowayąn... czale i s pelna (reservabunt... integraliter et ex toto)

     [Ten posag... sobie nieodzewnie zachowają... cale i z pełna (reservabunt... integraliter et ex toto)]

Related terms

adjective

• cały

adverb

• cało

nouns

• całowanie
• całość
• pocałowanie
• ucałowanie

verbs

• całować impf, pocałować pf, ucałować pf
• celić impf

Descendants

• Polish: cale

References

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “cale”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “cale”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• चले (Devanagari script)
• চলে (Bengali script)
• චලෙ (Sinhalese script)
• စလေ or ၸလေ (Burmese script)
• จเล or จะเล (Thai script)
• ᨧᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈເລ or ຈະເລ (Lao script)
• ចលេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

cale

1. optative active singular of calati (“to move”)

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.lɛ/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sa.lɛ]

• Rhymes: -alɛ
• Syllabification: ca‧le

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas

Proto-Slavic *cě̑lъ

Old Polish cały

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is

Proto-Slavic *-ь

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas

Proto-Slavic *-jь

Proto-Slavic *-ьje

Old Polish -e

Old Polish cale

Polish cale

Inherited from Old Polish cale. By surface analysis, cały + -e.

Adverb

cale (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) wholly; entirely, completely (in a way not in pieces)

   Synonym: całkowicie

2. (Middle Polish) wholly; entirely, completely (without exception)
   1. (Middle Polish, in the negative) not at all
      1. (Zagórze) synonym of wcale
3. (Middle Polish) wholly; safely (without harm)
4. (Middle Polish) wholly; Further details are uncertain.
   • 1564, J. Mączyński, Lexicon‎^[3], page 399d:

     Solide adverbium, Cále/ zupełnie.

     [Solide adverbium, Cale/ zupełnie.]

   • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[4], page 523a:

     Incorupte ‒ Nie nakazenie czalię.

     [Incorupte ‒ Nie nakazenie Cale.]

   • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[5], page 544a:

     Insolidum ‒ Czalię

     [Insolidum ‒ Cale]

   • 1588, A. Calepinus, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[6], page 547b:

     Integre ‒ Czalie, ſzczerze, zupełnie.

     [Integre ‒ Cale, szczerze, zupełnie.]

Derived terms

particle

• wcale

Related terms

adjectives

• caliznowy
• całki
• całkowalny
• całkowity
• całkowy
• całostkowy
• całościowy
• całowity
• całuskowy
• całuśny
• cały

adverbs

• calusieńko
• całkiem
• całkowicie
• całkowo
• całościowo
• całowicie

nouns

• calak
• calec
• calizna
• całka
• całkość
• całkowalność
• całkowanie
• całkowitka
• całkowitość
• całostka
• całościowość
• całość
• całownik
• całunek
• całus
• całusek
• całuśnik

verbs

• caleć impf, ocaleć pf
• calić impf
• całkować impf, scałkować pf
• całościować impf
• całować impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cale m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cal

Further reading

• “cale”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “cale”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “CALE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 20.09.2022
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “cale”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “cale”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cale”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 252
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “cale”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[8] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 12

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ali, (Portugal) -alɨ, (Portugal, with apocope) -al
• Homophone: cal (Portugal, with apocope)
• Hyphenation: ca‧le

Verb

cale

1. inflection of calar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kel-der.

Latin callis, callem

Romanian cale

Inherited from Latin callis, callem. Compare Aromanian cali, cale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.le/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ca‧le

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cale f (plural căi)

1. avenue
2. way (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. (computing) path

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cale	calea	căi	căile
genitive-dative	căi	căii	căi	căilor
vocative	cale, caleo		căilor

Derived terms

• călător

See also

• drum
• stradă

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).

Noun

cale

1. alcalde

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkale/ [ˈka.le]
• Rhymes: -ale
• Syllabification: ca‧le

Verb

cale

1. inflection of calar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Volapük

Noun

cale

1. dative singular of cal