callum

1. (declension-2, neuter) A hard or thick substance.
2. (declension-2, neuter) The hardened, thick skin upon animal bodies, hide.
3. (declension-2, neuter) The hard skin or flesh of plants.
4. (declension-2, neuter) The hard covering of soil.
5. (declension-2, neuter) A callus, induration.
6. (declension-2, figuratively, neuter) Hardness, callousness, insensibility, stupidity.

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkal.lũː]

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly derived from Proto-Italic *kalnom, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”) (perhaps via suffixed zero-grade *kl̥H-no-(m)); see also Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to harden, cool”), Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”), Sanskrit कलिका (kalikā, “bud”).

Concepts

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Translations

Gefühllosigkeit

Hühnerauge

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Schwiele

Abgebrühtheit

insensibilité

insensibilità

dureza

callo

insensibilidad