calc

See also: calc- and calç

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kælk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ælk
  • Homophone: calque

Noun

calc (countable and uncountable, plural calcs)

  1. Abbreviation of calculus.
  2. Abbreviation of calculator.
    "Calc" is "calculator" for short, chat. I'm just using slang.
  3. Abbreviation of calculation.

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Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from calcar.

Pronunciation

Noun

calc m (plural calcs)

  1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
  2. (linguistics) calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

  • calcaigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish calcaid (to solidify, petrify), from Old Irish cailc (limestone), from Latin calx.

Verb

calc (present analytic calcann, future analytic calcfaidh, verbal noun calcadh, past participle calctha)

  1. to caulk
  2. to plug up, tamp, clog (block or slow passage through)
    Synonym: tacht
  3. to cake (dry out and become hard), solidify
    Synonym: soladaigh
  4. (economics) to glut (provide with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of calc
radical lenition eclipsis
calc chalc gcalc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Saxon

Noun

calc m

  1. alternative spelling of kalk

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French calque.

Noun

calc n (plural calcuri)

  1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
  2. (lexicography) calque, loan translation
Declension
Declension of calc
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative calc calcul calcuri calcurile
genitive-dative calc calcului calcuri calcurilor
vocative calcule calcurilor

Etymology 2

Verb

calc

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of călca