calve

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• England, Wales: /kɑːv/
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• General-American: /kæv/
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• Scotland: /kav/
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• rhymes with -ɑːv
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• homophone: carve (some non-rhotic accents, e.g. Received Pronunciation)
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From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отелвам се (otelvam se) — to give birth to a calf
• Catalan: vedellar — to give birth to a calf
• Czech: otelit se — to give birth to a calf
• Czech: telit se — to give birth to a calf
• Danish: kælve — to give birth to a calf
• Dutch: kalven — to give birth to a calf
• Esperanto: naski bovidon — to give birth to a calf
• Faroese: kálva — to give birth to a calf
• Finnish: vasikoida — to give birth to a calf
• Finnish: poikia — to give birth to a calf
• French: vêler — to give birth to a calf
• French: mettre bas — to give birth to a calf
• German: kalben — to give birth to a calf
• Ingrian: poikiissa — to give birth to a calf
• Ingrian: poikia — to give birth to a calf
• Ingrian: poikihua — to give birth to a calf
• Ingrian: poikihussa — to give birth to a calf
• Norwegian Bokmål: kalve — to give birth to a calf
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalva — to give birth to a calf
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalve — to give birth to a calf
• Polish: cielić się — to give birth to a calf
• Polish: ocielić się — to give birth to a calf
• Russian: тели́ться (telítʹsja) — to give birth to a calf
• Upper Sorbian: ćelić — to give birth to a calf
• Upper Sorbian: woćelić so — to give birth to a calf
• Upper Sorbian: ćelećić — to give birth to a calf
• Swedish: kalva — to give birth to a calf
• Tamil: கன்றுபோடு (kaṉṟupōṭu) — to give birth to a calf
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغالامق (boğalamak) — to give birth to a calf
• Ottoman Turkish: كوشكلمك (köşeklemek) — to give birth to a calf
• Dutch: helpen met het kalven — to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
• Finnish: vasikoida — to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
• French: aider le vêlage — to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغالامق (boğalamak) — to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
• Dutch: ter wereld brengen — to give birth to (a calf)
• French: mettre bas — to give birth to (a calf)
• German: werfen — to give birth to (a calf)
• Danish: kælve — to shed a large piece
• Dutch: afkalven — to shed a large piece
• Finnish: poikia — to shed a large piece
• French: se fragmenter — to shed a large piece
• French: se scinder — to shed a large piece
• French: se morceler — to shed a large piece
• French: se casser — to shed a large piece
• French: se fractionner — to shed a large piece
• French: se briser — to shed a large piece
• German: kalben — to shed a large piece
• Norwegian Bokmål: kalve — to shed a large piece
• Danish: kælve — to break off
• Dutch: loskomen — to break off
• French: se détacher (de) — to break off
• German: sich lösen — to break off
• Danish: kælve — to shed, set loose (a mass of ice)
• French: perdre — to shed, set loose (a mass of ice)
• French: abandonner — to shed, set loose (a mass of ice)