carve

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• General-American: /kɑɹv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɑːv/
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• homophone: calve (Received Pronunciation)
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)v
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbh-der. Proto-Germanic *kerbaną Proto-West Germanic *kerban Old English ċeorfan Middle English kerven English carve From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- (“to scratch”). Cognate with West Frisian kerve, Dutch kerven, Low German karven, German kerben (“to notch”); also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gdhend — to cut
• Bulgarian: режа (reža) — to cut
• Bulgarian: изрязвам (izrjazvam) — to cut
• Catalan: tallar — to cut
• Egyptian: S:a:d-T30:D40 (šꜥd) — to cut
• Egyptian: S:a-T30 (šꜥ) — to cut
• Finnish: leikata — to cut
• Galician: tallar — to cut
• German: schneiden — to cut
• Hawaiian: kalakalai — to cut
• Hawaiian: kālai — to cut
• Hungarian: ró — to cut
• Hungarian: vés — to cut
• Hungarian: váj — to cut
• Ingrian: vestää — to cut
• Italian: tagliare — to cut
• Latin: caelō — to cut
• Manchu: ᡶᠣᠯᠣᠮᠪᡳ (folombi) — to cut
• Middle English: kerven — to cut
• Mongolian: зүсэх (züsex) — to cut
• Khiamniungan Naga: jā — to cut
• Old English: ċeorfan — to cut
• Old English: snīþan — to cut
• Old Saxon: snīthan — to cut
• Old Saxon: kervan — to cut
• Persian: تراشیدن (tarâšidan) — to cut
• Portuguese: cortar — to cut
• Portuguese: esculpir — to cut
• Quechua: kuchuy — to cut
• Russian: ре́зать (rézatʹ) — to cut
• Russian: выреза́ть (vyrezátʹ) — to cut
• Spanish: cortar — to cut
• Swedish: skära — to cut
• Swedish: karva — to cut
• Tamil: வெட்டு (veṭṭu) — to cut
• Ukrainian: рі́зати (rízaty) — to cut
• Ukrainian: ви́різати (výrizaty) — to cut
• Finnish: leikata — to cut meat
• Galician: tallar — to cut meat
• German: tranchieren — to cut meat
• German: zerlegen — to cut meat
• Hawaiian: ʻokiʻoki — to cut meat
• Hungarian: felvág — to cut meat
• Hungarian: szeletel — to cut meat
• Hungarian: felszeletel — to cut meat
• Hungarian: szel — to cut meat
• Italian: trinciare — to cut meat
• Italian: scalcare — to cut meat
• Macedonian: траншира (tranšira) — to cut meat
• Persian: بریدن (boridan) — to cut meat
• Portuguese: trinchar — to cut meat
• Russian: разреза́ть (razrezátʹ) — to cut meat
• Russian: ре́зать (rézatʹ) — to cut meat
• Russian: разре́зать (razrézatʹ) — to cut meat
• Spanish: trinchar — to cut meat
• Swedish: skära upp — to cut meat
• Tamil: வெட்டு (veṭṭu) — to cut meat
• Ukrainian: розрі́зати (rozrízaty) — to cut meat
• Ukrainian: розрі́зувати (rozrízuvaty) — to cut meat
• Albanian: latoj — to shape to sculptural effect
• Albanian: gdhend — to shape to sculptural effect
• Arabic: نَحَتَ (naḥata) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܠܹܦ (galep) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Bulgarian: дялам (djalam) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Bulgarian: гравирам (graviram) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Catalan: tallar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Catalan: entallar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Cornish: kervya — to shape to sculptural effect
• Cun: khak2 — to shape to sculptural effect
• Czech: vyřezávat — to shape to sculptural effect
• Danish: snitte — to shape to sculptural effect
• Dutch: snijden — to shape to sculptural effect
• Egyptian: xt:x*t-T30:D40 (ḫtj) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Esperanto: ĉizi — to shape to sculptural effect
• Finnish: veistää — to shape to sculptural effect
• Galician: tallar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Galician: esculpir — to shape to sculptural effect
• Galician: labrar — to shape to sculptural effect
• German: einkerben — to shape to sculptural effect
• German: kerben — to shape to sculptural effect
• German: schnitzen — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ancient Greek: γλύφω (glúphō) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Hawaiian: kuʻikepa — to shape to sculptural effect
• Hebrew: גַלֵף (galéf) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Hungarian: farag — to shape to sculptural effect
• Hungarian: vés — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ingrian: vestää — to shape to sculptural effect
• Italian: intagliare — to shape to sculptural effect
• Italian: scolpire — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ladin: ziplé — to shape to sculptural effect
• Lao: ຈໍາລາຽ (cham lāi) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Latin: sculpō — to shape to sculptural effect
• Manchu: ᡶᠣᠯᠣᠮᠪᡳ (folombi) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Māori: whao — to shape to sculptural effect
• Māori: whaowhao — to shape to sculptural effect
• Māori: whakairo — to shape to sculptural effect
• Khiamniungan Naga: jā — to shape to sculptural effect
• Norwegian: snitte — to shape to sculptural effect
• Norwegian: spikke — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ojibwe: mookodan (vti) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ojibwe: mookozh (vta) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Old Norse: telgja — to shape to sculptural effect
• Old Norse: sníða — to shape to sculptural effect
• Persian: کنده کاری (kande-kâri) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Polish: ryć — to shape to sculptural effect
• Portuguese: esculpir — to shape to sculptural effect
• Portuguese: talhar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Portuguese: entalhar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Russian: выреза́ть (vyrezátʹ) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Russian: высека́ть (vysekátʹ) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Sanskrit: ताष्टि (tāṣṭi) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Spanish: tallar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Spanish: esculpir — to shape to sculptural effect
• Spanish: entallar — to shape to sculptural effect
• Swedish: snida — to shape to sculptural effect
• Swedish: rista — to shape to sculptural effect
• Swedish: tälja — to shape to sculptural effect
• Tamil: செதுக்கு (cetukku) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Telugu: చెక్కు (cekku) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Turkish: oymak — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ottoman Turkish: طوغرامق (doğramak) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ukrainian: ви́різати (výrizaty) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ukrainian: вирі́зувати (vyrízuvaty) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ukrainian: висіка́ти (vysikáty) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Ukrainian: ви́сітки (výsitky) — to shape to sculptural effect
• Walloon: sculter — to shape to sculptural effect
• Finnish: repiä — to take or make, as by cutting; to provide
• Finnish: kaapia — to take or make, as by cutting; to provide
• Finnish: suunnitella — to lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan
• Finnish: laatia — to lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan