calare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to lower
  2. (transitive) to decrease
  3. (transitive) to drop
  4. (intransitive) to drop, decrease, taper off
  5. (intransitive) to set
  6. (intransitive) to descend

Frequency

20k
Hyphenated as
ca‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈla.re/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin chalāre (“to let down”).

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