Calais

Significat (Anglès)

1. A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
2. A city in Maine.

Conceptes

Calais

curri

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Sinònims

curry

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curry powder

Traduccions

Calais

Calais

Calais

Calais

Calais

masala

Caletum

Calētum

kerrie

curry

caril

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Calé

curry

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkæleɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: Caleys

Cognat amb bretó: calet

Cognat amb gaèlic irlandès mitjà: calath

In summary

From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.