calafatare

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) to caulk, to make watertight
2. (transitive) to pitch, to caulk with tow and pitch/tar

Concepts

calfater

calfeutrer

étouper

Traductions

caulk

calafatear

calafatar

kalfatern

kalafatízo

calk

calafatare

expalmare

breeuwen

kalefateren

kalfaten

kalefaten

galafatar

calafatar

calafetar

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek καλαϕατέω (kalaphatéō) or from Arabic قَلْفَطَ (qalfaṭa, “to caulk (a ship)”), both from Latin calefaciō (“to heat”).