calcare

Meaning

Noun

limestone

Verb

1. (transitive) to stomp, to tread
2. (figuratively, literary, transitive) to oppress, to humiliate
3. (transitive) to press down on
4. (transitive) to stress, to empasize
5. (transitive) to trace (a drawing)
6. (intransitive, transitive) to crowd, throng

Concepts

limestone

lime

tread

chalk

droop

ebb

fall

let down

draw in

decline

lower

set

sink

strike

cram

chalkstone

Synonyms

pietra calcarea

schiaffare

cacciare dentro

calare

stipare

di calce

calcare fine

rincarga’

gesso

calpestare

pigiare

Translations

calcaire

Kalkstein

caliza

ασβεστόλιθος

kalksteen

calcário

kireç taşı

حجر جيري

Kalk

pedra calcària

calcar

pedra calcária

cal

calcar

Hyphenated as

cal‧cà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kalˈka.re/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calcārius, from calx (“limestone”).