calve

Betekenis (Engels)

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).

Concepten

afkalven

kalven

afkalving

Synoniemen

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

🐻

drop a litter

bear out

beget

blab

born

🐣

Vertalingen

kalben

parir

vêler

parir

buzağılamak

mettre bas

figliare

κομματιάζω

xaiar

donar a llum

γεννώ αγελάδα

θρυμματίζω

απορρίπτω

agneler

🐑

γεννώ

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kɑːv/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: calven

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *calfian

Verwant aan Saterfries: koolvje

Verwant aan Nederlands: kalven

Verwant aan Duits: kalben

Verwant aan Zweeds: kalva

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.