calving

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

present participle and gerund of calve

Noun

1. The act of giving birth to a calf
2. The breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg etc.
3. (broadly) The process by which an iceberg is formed.

calve

1. (intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
2. (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
3. (transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
4. (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
5. (especially, figuratively, intransitive) To break off.
6. (especially, figuratively, transitive) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).

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Concepts

vêlage

naissance

parturition

agnelage

chevrotement

mise bas

part

poulinage

Synonymes

birth

farrowing

foaling

kidding

parturition

whelping

lambing

ratting

Traductions

Kalben

figliatura

parto

Abferkeln

انفصال ثلجي؛ انشعاب

kalbend

nascita

Lammen

Geburt

ولادة

الولادة

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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