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/viːl/
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V IY1 L
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A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: calfflesh, calfmeat
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Broader terms: beef, cowflesh, cowmeat, oxflesh, meat, food, substance, material, stuff
The female genitalia.
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Usage: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
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To raise a calf for meat production.
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meat from a calf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: veau
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Broader terms: meat
Narrower terms: calves' feet
From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Akan :
nantwie ba nam
— flesh of a calf
Arabic :
لَحْم عِجْل
(laḥm ʕijl)
— flesh of a calf
Basque :
txahalki
— flesh of a calf
Belarusian :
цяляціна
(cjaljacina)
— flesh of a calf
Bulgarian :
те́лешко месо́
(téleško mesó)
— flesh of a calf
Catalan :
vedella
— flesh of a calf
Chinese Cantonese :
牛仔肉
(ngau4 zai2 juk6)
— flesh of a calf
Chinese Mandarin :
小牛肉
(xiǎoniúròu)
— flesh of a calf
Czech :
telecí
— flesh of a calf
Danish :
kalvekød
— flesh of a calf
Dutch :
kalfsvlees
— flesh of a calf
Esperanto :
bovidaĵo
— flesh of a calf
Estonian :
vasikaliha
— flesh of a calf
Finnish :
vasikanliha
— flesh of a calf
Finnish :
vasikka
— flesh of a calf
French :
veau
— flesh of a calf
Galician :
tenreira
— flesh of a calf
Galician :
vitela
— flesh of a calf
Georgian :
ხბოს ხორცი
(xbos xorci)
— flesh of a calf
German :
Kalbfleisch
— flesh of a calf
Greek :
μοσχάρι
(moschári)
— flesh of a calf
Greek :
μοσχαράκι
(moscharáki)
— flesh of a calf
Hebrew :
עֵגֶל
— flesh of a calf
Hungarian :
borjúhús
— flesh of a calf
Icelandic :
kálfakjöt
— flesh of a calf
Indonesian :
daging sapi muda
— flesh of a calf
Irish :
laofheoil
— flesh of a calf
Italian :
vitello
— flesh of a calf
Japanese :
仔牛肉
(koushiniku)
— flesh of a calf
Korean :
송아지 고기
(song'aji gogi)
— flesh of a calf
Latin :
vitulīna
— flesh of a calf
Latvian :
teļa gaļa
— flesh of a calf
Lithuanian :
veršiena
— flesh of a calf
Luxembourgish :
Kalleffleesch
— flesh of a calf
Macedonian :
телешко
(teleško)
— flesh of a calf
Macedonian :
јунешко
(juneško)
— flesh of a calf
Maltese :
vitella
— flesh of a calf
Manx :
feill lheiy
— flesh of a calf
Navajo :
béégashii yáázh bitsįʼ
— flesh of a calf
Norman :
vieau
— flesh of a calf
Norwegian Bokmål :
kalvekjøtt
— flesh of a calf
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kalvekjøt
— flesh of a calf
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kalvekjøtt
— flesh of a calf
Old English :
ċealf
— flesh of a calf
Old English :
ċealfes flǣsċ
— flesh of a calf
Polish :
cielęcina
— flesh of a calf
Portuguese :
vitela
— flesh of a calf
Romanian :
carne de vițel
— flesh of a calf
Romanian :
vițel
— flesh of a calf
Russian :
теля́тина
(teljátina)
— flesh of a calf
Scottish Gaelic :
feòil-laoigh
— flesh of a calf
Serbo-Croatian :
телетина
— flesh of a calf
Serbo-Croatian :
teletina
— flesh of a calf
Spanish :
ternera
— flesh of a calf
Swedish :
kalv
— flesh of a calf
Swedish :
kalvkött
— flesh of a calf
Tagalog :
karning-guya
— flesh of a calf
Turkish :
dana eti
— flesh of a calf
Ukrainian :
теля́тина
(teljátyna)
— flesh of a calf
Volapük :
smaxolamit
— flesh of a calf
Yiddish :
קאַלבנפֿלייש
(kalbnfleysh)
— flesh of a calf
Yiddish :
קעלבערנס
(kelberns)
— flesh of a calf