noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/
General-American:/ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/
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South-Asia:/ˈkælk(j)ʊləs/
CMU ARPABET:K AE1 L K Y AH0 L AH0 S
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noun
Meaning 1
Calculation; computation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tartar, tophus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crust, incrustation, encrustation
History
Etymology
* Borrowed from Latin calculus (“a pebble or stone used as reckoning counters in abacus”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”) + -ulus. * Mathematical topic is from differential calculus.
Across languages
Translations
123 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
analise
— formal mathematical system
Afrikaans:
calculus
— formal mathematical system
Arabic:
حِسْبَان
(ḥisbān)
— formal mathematical system
Armenian:
համարողություն
(hamaroġutʻyun)
— formal mathematical system
Catalan:
càlcul
— formal mathematical system
Chinese Cantonese:
微積分學 /微积分学
(mei4 zik1 fan1 hok6)
— formal mathematical system
Chinese Mandarin:
微積分學 /微积分学
(wēijīfēnxué)
— formal mathematical system
Czech:
počet
— formal mathematical system
Finnish:
laskenta
— formal mathematical system
French:
calcul
— formal mathematical system
Gallurese:
calculu
— formal mathematical system
Georgian:
კალკულუსი
(ḳalḳulusi)
— formal mathematical system
Georgian:
აღრიცხვა
(aɣricxva)
— formal mathematical system
German:
Kalkül
— formal mathematical system
Greek:
λογισμός
(logismós)
— formal mathematical system
Hebrew:
חֶשְׁבּוֹן
(ẖeshbón)
— formal mathematical system
Hindi:
कलन
(kalan)
— formal mathematical system
Hungarian:
kalkulus
— formal mathematical system
Indonesian:
kalkulus
— formal mathematical system
Irish:
calcalas
— formal mathematical system
Italian:
calcolo
— formal mathematical system
Japanese:
計算
(keisan)
— formal mathematical system
Korean:
미적분
(mijeokbun)
— formal mathematical system
Korean:
미적분학
(mijeokbunhak)
— formal mathematical system
Māori:
tuanaki
— formal mathematical system
Norwegian:
beregning
— formal mathematical system
Polish:
rachunek
— formal mathematical system
Portuguese:
cálculo
— formal mathematical system
Romanian:
calcul
— formal mathematical system
Russian:
исчисле́ние
(isčislénije)
— formal mathematical system
Campidanese Sardinian:
calculu
— formal mathematical system
Campidanese Sardinian:
càrculu
— formal mathematical system
Sardinian:
calculu
— formal mathematical system
Sardinian:
càrculu
— formal mathematical system
Sassarese:
càlcuru
— formal mathematical system
Serbo-Croatian:
ра̀чӯн
— formal mathematical system
Serbo-Croatian:
ràčūn
— formal mathematical system
Slovak:
počet
— formal mathematical system
Spanish:
cálculo
— formal mathematical system
Swedish:
kalkyl
— formal mathematical system
Tagalog:
tayahan
— formal mathematical system
Ukrainian:
чи́слення
(čýslennja)
— formal mathematical system
Welsh:
calcwlws
— formal mathematical system
Yiddish:
קאַלקולוס
(kalkulus)
— formal mathematical system
Afrikaans:
analise
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Afrikaans:
calculus
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Arabic:
حِسْبَان
(ḥisbān)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Arabic:
التَّفَاضُل وَ التَّكَامُل
(at-tafāḍul wa t-takāmul)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Arabic:
حِسَاب التَّفَاضُل وَ التَّكَامُل
(ḥisāb at-tafāḍul wa t-takāmul)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Bengali:
কলনবিদ্যা
(kolnobidda)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Catalan:
càlcul
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Chinese Mandarin:
微積分 /微积分
(wēijīfēn)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Czech:
počet
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Farefare:
kɛkrɛ-biire
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Finnish:
differentiaalilaskenta
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
French:
calcul
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Gallurese:
calculu
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Georgian:
დიფერენციალური აღრიცხვა
(diperencialuri aɣricxva)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
German:
Kalkül
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Greek:
λογισμός
(logismós)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Gujarati:
કલન
(kalan)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Hebrew:
חדו״א
(ẖédva)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Hindi:
कलन
(kalan)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Icelandic:
deilda- og heildareikningur
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Icelandic:
diffur- og tegurreikningur
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Icelandic:
örsmæðareikningur
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Icelandic:
reiknivísi
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Ido:
kalkulo
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Indonesian:
kalkulus
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Italian:
calcolo
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Japanese:
微積分
(bisekibun)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Māori:
tuanaki
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Marathi:
कलन
(kalan)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Norwegian:
matematikk
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Persian:
حساب دیفرانسیل و انتگرال
(hesâbe diferânsyal o entegrâl)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Polish:
rachunek różniczkowy i całkowy
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Portuguese:
cálculo
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Romanian:
calcul diferențial
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Russian:
математический анализ
(matematičeskij analiz)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Campidanese Sardinian:
calculu
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Campidanese Sardinian:
càrculu
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Sardinian:
calculu
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Sardinian:
càrculu
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Sassarese:
càlcuru
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Serbo-Croatian:
infinitezimalni račun
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Slovak:
matematická analýza
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Spanish:
cálculo diferencial
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Swedish:
analys
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Tagalog:
tayahan
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Telugu:
కలన గణితం
(kalana gaṇitaṁ)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Thai:
แคลคูลัส
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Turkish:
kalkülüs
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Ukrainian:
диференціальне та інтегральне числення
(dyferencialʹne ta intehralʹne čyslennja)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Welsh:
calcwlws
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Yiddish:
קאַלקולוס
(kalkulus)
— differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
Bulgarian:
камък
(kamǎk)
— stony concretion in an organ
Catalan:
càlcul
— stony concretion in an organ
Chinese Mandarin:
結石 /结石
(jiéshí)
— stony concretion in an organ
Finnish:
kivi
— stony concretion in an organ
French:
calcul
— stony concretion in an organ
French:
lithiase
— stony concretion in an organ
German:
Konkrement
— stony concretion in an organ
Greek:
λιθίαση
(lithíasi)
— stony concretion in an organ
Gujarati:
અશ્મરી
(aśmarī)
— stony concretion in an organ
Hindi:
अश्मरी
(aśmarī)
— stony concretion in an organ
Hindi:
पथरी
(pathrī)
— stony concretion in an organ
Icelandic:
steinn
— stony concretion in an organ
Indonesian:
kalkulus
— stony concretion in an organ
Indonesian:
batu
— stony concretion in an organ
Japanese:
結石
(kesseki)
— stony concretion in an organ
Latin:
lapillus
— stony concretion in an organ
Latin:
calculus
— stony concretion in an organ
Macedonian:
ка́мен
(kámen)
— stony concretion in an organ
Polish:
kamień
— stony concretion in an organ
Portuguese:
cálculo
— stony concretion in an organ
Romanian:
piatră
— stony concretion in an organ
Romanian:
calcul
— stony concretion in an organ
Russian:
ка́мень
(kámenʹ)
— stony concretion in an organ
Serbo-Croatian:
каме́нац
— stony concretion in an organ
Serbo-Croatian:
kaménac
— stony concretion in an organ