calc

See also: calc- and calç

English

Pronunciation

Noun

calc (countable and uncountable, plural calcs)

  1. Abbreviation of calculus.
  2. Abbreviation of calculator.
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  3. Abbreviation of calculation.

Translations

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “calc”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “calc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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

conjugation of calc (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun calcadh
past participle calctha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present calcaim calcann tú;
calcair† 		calcann sé, sí calcaimid calcann sibh calcann siad;
calcaid† 		a chalcann; a chalcas /
a gcalcann* 		calctar
past chalc mé; chalcas chalc tú; chalcais chalc sé, sí chalcamar; chalc muid chalc sibh; chalcabhair chalc siad; chalcadar a chalc /
ar chalc* 		calcadh
past habitual chalcainn / gcalcainn‡‡ chalctá / gcalctᇇ chalcadh sé, sí / gcalcadh sé, s퇇 chalcaimis; chalcadh muid / gcalcaimis‡‡; gcalcadh muid‡‡ chalcadh sibh / gcalcadh sibh‡‡ chalcaidís; chalcadh siad / gcalcaidís‡‡; gcalcadh siad‡‡ a chalcadh /
a gcalcadh* 		chalctaí / gcalcta퇇
future calcfaidh mé;
calcfad 		calcfaidh tú;
calcfair† 		calcfaidh sé, sí calcfaimid;
calcfaidh muid 		calcfaidh sibh calcfaidh siad;
calcfaid† 		a chalcfaidh; a chalcfas /
a gcalcfaidh* 		calcfar
conditional chalcfainn / gcalcfainn‡‡ chalcfá / gcalcfᇇ chalcfadh sé, sí / gcalcfadh sé, s퇇 chalcfaimis; chalcfadh muid / gcalcfaimis‡‡; gcalcfadh muid‡‡ chalcfadh sibh / gcalcfadh sibh‡‡ chalcfaidís; chalcfadh siad / gcalcfaidís‡‡; gcalcfadh siad‡‡ a chalcfadh /
a gcalcfadh* 		chalcfaí / gcalcfa퇇
subjunctive
present go gcalca mé;
go gcalcad† 		go gcalca tú;
go gcalcair† 		go gcalca sé, sí go gcalcaimid;
go gcalca muid 		go gcalca sibh go gcalca siad;
go gcalcaid† 		— go gcalctar
past dá gcalcainn dá gcalctá dá gcalcadh sé, sí dá gcalcaimis;
dá gcalcadh muid 		dá gcalcadh sibh dá gcalcaidís;
dá gcalcadh siad 		— dá gcalctaí
imperative
– calcaim calc calcadh sé, sí calcaimis calcaigí;
calcaidh† 		calcaidís — calctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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 High German

Noun

calc m

  1. alternative spelling of kalk

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calc

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