calau

Ultimately from Tagalog kalaw, possibly via French calao.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈlaw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈlaw]

calau m (plural calaus)

1. hornbill

• calau bicorne

• “calau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish cálao, either directly or via French calao, from Tagalog kalaw.

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: ca‧lau

calau m (plural calaus)

1. hornbill (bird)

• “calau”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “calau”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025