From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [käf] , [en]
- [kăf] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], [ang] (West Saxon [ang]); also cognate with [sco],
[sco], [sco], [sco], [frr], [frr], [frr], [stq], [fy], [de], [lb], [li] and
[nl], [wym], [wym], [fo], [is], [da], [nb], [nn] and [sv], from [en], further
etymology unknown.[1]
**** Noun
[calves]
1. [en] a young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
2. * 1917 , [Knut Hamsun] , _[Growth of the Soil]_ , Book 1, Basa Sunda: Growth_of_the_Soil/Book_1/Chapter_3 , at p.22:
3. *: And Goldenhorns calved. A great day in the wilderness, a joy and a delight. They gave her flour-wash, and Isak himself saw to it there was no stint of flour, though he had carried it all the way himself, on his back. And there lay a pretty CALF , a beauty, red-flanked like her mother, and comically bewildered at the miracle of coming into the world. In a couple of years she would be having calves of her own.
4. Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
5. * 1900 Douglas Cockerell: Leather for Bookbinding. Journal of the Society of Arts, March 30 1900, p. 406
6. *: We find now, that instead of leather made from sheep, CALF , goat, and pig-skins, each having, when finished, its own characteristic surface, that sheepskins are got up to look like CALF , morocco, or pigskin; that CALF is grained to resemble morocco or so polished and fattened as to have but little character left; while goatskins are grained in any number of ways, and pigskin is often grained like levant morocco. So clever are some of these imitations that it takes a skilled expert to identify a leather when it is on a book. . . I am inclined to consider that CALF , as a sound leather, has been manufactured out of existence, for it is unusual to find a 19th century CALF binding of more than fifteen years old that does not show signs of decay.
7. The young of various animals, especially elephant , giraffe , reindeer , seal , or whale [also indiscriminately used of other animals] .
8. A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier , ice shelf , or iceberg .
9. * 1915 (published), 1848 (first written), [Elisha Kent Kane] , _Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack_
10. *: [en]
11. A small island, near a larger island.
12. * 2010 Kate Hawkins CALF OF MAN . In: Bird Observatories of Britain and Ireland, ed Mike Archer, Mark Grantham, et al. [978-1-4081-1040-9] (pages unnumbered)
13. *: Situated in the north of the Irish Sea and to the south-west of the isle of Man, the CALF OF MAN is ideally placed on the bird migration routes over the western side of the British Isles. Its importance for migrating and breeding birds had been recognised long before the observatory was established in 1959. . . Visitors can explore the CALF as day visitors or can stay in the hostel accommodation. . .
14. A cabless railroad engine.
15. [en] An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt .
16. * [passage=some silly, doating, brainless CALF]
***** Synonyms
- [en] [rare] ; [en] , [en] ; [en] [Midlands, now rare]
***** Derived terms
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|box calf |bull calf |bull-calf|calf eyes |bum calf |calfless |calfskin|in
calf,in-calf |cow calf |cow-calf|seal calf |elephant calf |heifer calf| with
calf |kill the fatted calf |mooncalf, moon-calf |reindeer calf |calf
love|divinity calf|golden calf|killcalf|law calf|Russia calf|sea
calf|sea-calf|tree calf|water buffalo calf}}
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[young cow or bull]
- Afar: [aa]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Akkadian: [akk]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aragonese: [an] , [an]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bhojpuri: [bho]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Central Dusun: [dtp]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Cimbrian: [cim]
- Coptic: [cop]
- Cornish: [kw]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [bḥz] , [rny] , [ms]
- Eshtehardi: [esh] , [esh]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] [male] , [eo] [female]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] [male] , [de] [female]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io] , [io] [male] , [io] [female]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Isnag: [isd]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Jeju: [jje]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Kashmiri: [ks] , [ks]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Latgalian: [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Ligurian: [lij] , [lij]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Low German:
- Luhya: [luy]
- Luo: [luo]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt] , [mt]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Megleno-Romanian: [ruq]
- Mon: [mnw]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Nandi: [niq]
- Nepali: [ne] , [ne]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norman: [nrf]
- North Frisian: [frr] [Mooring dialect] , [frr] [Föhr-Amrum]
- Northern Sami: [se]
- Norwegian:
- O'odham: [ood]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Old Church Slavonic: [cu]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Turkic: [otk]
- Oromo: [om]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pali: [pi]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa]
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [dated or poetic]
- Saho: [ssy]
- Sanskrit: [sa] , [sa]
- Scots: [sco]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Seri: [sei]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Somali: [so]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Sumerian: [sux]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tarifit: [rif]
- Tok Pisin: [tpi]
- Tswana: [tn]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ugaritic: [uga]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug] , [ug] [two-year-old] , [ug] [two-year-old]
- Venetan: [vec] , [vec] , [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo] , [vo] [unweaned]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Wolof: [wo]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Yoruba: [yo] , [yo]
- Zazaki: [zza] , [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[young deer, elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)]
- Arabic: [ar] [of an elephant] , [ar] [of a camel]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] [elephant] , [bg] [seal] , [bg] [whale] , [bg] [deer]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chinese:
- Cornish: [kw]
- Danish: [da] [of an elephant, seal or whale] , [da] [of other animals, e.g., moose or antelope]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] [elephant] ; [fr] [dog] ; [fr] [seal] ; [fr] , [fr] , [fr] [whale]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Maori: [mi] [for whales only]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] [in general] , [ota] [of camels] , [ota] [of buffalos]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] [elephant] , [ru] [seal] , [ru] [whale]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Spanish: [es] [general] ; [es] , [es] [deer] ; [es] , [es] [whale] ; [es] , [es] [elephant] ; [es] , [es] [bird] ; [es] , [fish]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Norwegian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
[trans-bottom]
[small island beside another one]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Norwegian:
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Alemannic German: [gsw]
- Breton: [br]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
[en] <!----> From [en], [enm], from [en], possibly derived from the same
Germanic root as [en] (above). Cognate with [is].
**** Noun
[calves]
1. [en] The back of the leg below the knee .
2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1988 | author=Steve Holman | title=Christian Conquers Columbus | journal= 吴语: Iron Man (magazine) | section=47 (6): 28-34
|passage=Sure, his CALVES are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is
so overwhelming, he should place high.}}
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[anatomy: back of the leg below the knee]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bau Bidayuh: [sne]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Central Melanau: [mel]
- Chinese:
- Cornish: [kw]
- Corsican: [co]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gorontalo: [gor]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh] , [izh] [obsolete]
- Iranun: [ill]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Javanese: [jv] , [jv]
- Jeju: [jje]
- Kapampangan: [pam]
- Kaurna: [zku] , [zku]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Kimaragang: [kqr]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Lutuv: [clt]
- Lotud: [dtr]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Javanese: [kaw]
- Oromo: [om]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Rungus: [drg]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sabah Bisaya: [bsy]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Sebop: [sib]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shan: [shn]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] [es] , [es] [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagal Murut: [mvv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tambunan Dusun: [kzt]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta]
- Tetum: [tet] , [tet]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Timugon Murut: [tih]
- Turkish: [tr] ,
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr] , [bdr]
- West Flemish: [vls]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Xhosa: [xh]
- Yoruba: [yo]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zhuang: [za]
- ǃXóõ: [nmn]
[trans-bottom]
[muscle in the back of the leg below the knee]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Khmer: [km]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Breton: [br] , [br]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
[trans-bottom]
**** References
References:
[1]. [*kalbiz-]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Middle Dutch
*** Etymology
From [dum], from [dum].
*** Noun
[n]
1. [dum] calf
**** Inflection
[calv]
**** Descendants
- [nl]
- [li]
*** Further reading
- [ID56752]
- [20316]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
From [enm], [ang] (West Saxon [ang]), [enm], from [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Noun
[pl= calver(e)]
1. [enm] [en] [cow that has not fully matured]
2. * [book=Revelation]
3. A representation of a calf; something that looks like a calf.
4. fawn [deer that has not fully matured]
5. [enm] Veal ; the meat of calves.
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
- [yol]
***** References
- [entry=calf]
*** Etymology 2
From [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Noun
[pl=calves]
1. [enm] [en] [part of the leg] .
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
***** References
- [entry=calf]
[enm] [enm]
** Old Dutch
*** Etymology
From [odt].
*** Noun
[n]
1. [odt] calf
**** Inflection
[calv]
**** Descendants
- [dum]
**** Further reading
- [2669]
** Old English
*** Noun
[n]
1. [ang]
** Scots
*** Etymology 1
From [sco].
**** Noun
[sco]
1. [sco]
*** Etymology 2
From [sco], [enm], [enm], [enm], alternative forms of [enm].
**** Noun
[sco]
1. [sco]