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Kalk

Kalk

See also: kalk

German

Noun

Kalk m (genitive Kalks or Kalkes, plural Kalke)

  1. lime

Declension

Related terms

  • entkalken
  • verkalken

kalk

kalk

See also: Kalk

Czech

Noun

kalk m

  1. (linguistics) calque

Declension

References

  1. "kalk" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
  2. kalk in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑlk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑlk

Etymology 1

Noun

kalk m (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) lime
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

kalk

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kalken
  2. imperative of kalken

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin calx, probably via Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰal̥k/
  • Rhymes: -al̥k

Noun

kalk n (genitive singular kalks, no plural)

  1. lime, quicklime (calcium oxide)
  2. calcium (in food)

Declension

Derived terms

  • áburðarkalk
  • brennt kalk (burnt lime, calcium oxide)
  • kalk- (calc-, calci-, calco-)
  • kalka (calcify)
  • kalkað brjósk (calcified cartilage)
  • kalkberandi (calciferous, calcigerous)
  • kalkmyndandi (calciferous)
  • kalkflagna- (psamm-, psammo-)
  • kalkflögur (psammoma bodies)
  • kalkhrörnun (calcareous degeneration)
  • kalkhungur (calcifames)
  • kalkipappír
  • kalkkenndur (calcareous)
  • kalkborinn (calcareous)
  • kalkmiga (calcariuria)
  • kalkmyndun (calcification)
  • kalksteinn (chalk, limestone)
  • kalkvatn (limewater)
  • klórkalk (bleaching powder, chloride of lime)
  • leskjað kalk (slaked lime)
  • óleskjað kalk (unslaked lime)

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalk/

Verb

kálk

  1. second-person singular imperative of kalti.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.

Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken)

  1. (mineralogy) lime
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin calix and Old Norse kalkr; compare with German Kelch.

Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken, indefinite plural kalker, definite plural kalkene)

  1. a chalice

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.

Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken)

  1. (mineralogy) lime
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin calix and Old Norse kalkr

Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken, indefinite plural kalkar, definite plural kalkane)

  1. a chalice

References


Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Noun

kalk m

  1. chalk

Polish

Alternative forms

  • kalek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalk/

Noun

kalk

  1. genitive plural of kalka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French calque, from Italian calco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâlk/

Noun

kȁlk m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏лк)

  1. calque

Declension

Derived terms