calf

Bedeutung (English)

1. A young cow or bull.
2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
3. A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
4. A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
5. A small island, near a larger island.
6. A cabless railroad engine.
7. (informal) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

Concepts

Kalb

Wade

Wadenmuskel

Kuhkalb

Bullenkalb

Bein

Rind

🐮

Stier

Sura

Vieh

Kuh

🐮

Stierkalb

Kalbsleder

junges Tier

Bummal Ochse

Bulle

Färse

Kalbfleisch

Kalbin

kleines Kind

Synonyms

calves

cow

🐮

young cow

leg

🦵

cattle

veal

sura

cows

heifer

bull

bullock

young

calfskin

lower leg

ox

🐂

shank

shin

cub

colt

bull calf

baby

👶

young animal

baby elephant

calf of leg

calf of the leg

calved ice

beby cattle

popliteal fossa

poplit

knee-pit

bossy

civet

grass

kitten

little calf

masque

musk

nark

parr

sneak

sneaker

snitch

snitcher

squealer

whelp

yearling

baby animal

small animal

small child

young bull

vituline

part of the calf

young of an animal

gastrocnemius

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kɑːf/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: calf

Inherited from Altenglisch: cælf

Cognate with Deutsch: Kalb

Cognate with Niederländisch: kalf

Cognate with Dänisch: kalv

Cognate with Englisch: calf

Cognate with Isländisch: kálfi

In summary

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From Middle English calf, kælf, kelf, from Old English cælf, ċealf;
also cognate with German Kalb (“calf”), Dutch kalf (“calf”) and Danish kalv (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.