calve

Senso (Inglese)

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).

Concetti

figliare

sinonimi

yean

foal

have young

break up

give birth to

break

break down

break off

breed

bring forth

engender

fall apart

fawn

fracture

generate

give birth

lay

litter

nark

originate

procreate

shear

sire

snitch

whelp

crock up

be delivered of a young

bear

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drop a litter

bear out

beget

blab

born

🐣

Traduzioni

kalben

parir

vêler

parir

kalven

mettre bas

afkalven

buzağılamak

κομματιάζω

γεννώ αγελάδα

xaiar

θρυμματίζω

donar a llum

agneler

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απορρίπτω

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kɑːv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: calven

Ereditato da inglese antico: *calfian

Affine saterfriesisch: koolvje

Affine olandese: kalven

Affine tedesco: kalben

Affine svedese: kalva

Affine islandese: kálfa

In summary

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.