caler

Signification (English)

1. to wedge (open) (a door)
2. to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine)
3. to stall (of driver, engine)
4. to fill (someone) up
5. (colloquial) (of person eating) to give up, be full
6. to synchronize
7. to chug (an alcoholic beverage)
8. to be bald or balding, to go or be going bald

Synonyms

arrêter

arrimer

déterminer

figer

fixer

bloquer

caleu

immobiliser

rabaisser

tremper

coincer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ka.le/

Étymologie (English)

Borrowed from provençal ancien: calar

In summary

Borrowed from Old Occitan calar, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).