calva

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkælvə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlvə/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin calva (“the scalp”). ==== Noun ==== calva (plural calvae) (anatomy) The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull. ==== Further reading ==== Calvaria (skull) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === A shortened form of calvados. ==== Noun ==== calva (countable and uncountable, plural calvas) Calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy. ==== Further reading ==== Calvados (brandy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === caval, clava == Asturian == === Adjective === calva feminine singular of calvu == Dutch == === Etymology === Clipping of calvados, or directly from French calva. === Noun === calva m (plural calva's, diminutive calvaatje n) synonym of calvados (“French apple brandy”) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kal.va/ Homophone: calvas === Noun === calva m (plural calvas) calva; calvados === Further reading === “calva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkal.va/ Rhymes: -alva Hyphenation: càl‧va === Adjective === calva feminine singular of calvo === Noun === calva f (plural calve) female equivalent of calvo (“bald man”) === Anagrams === clava, valca == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaɫ.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.va] === Etymology 1 === From calvus + -a. ==== Noun ==== calva f (genitive calvae); first declension the bald scalp of the head skull ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== calva inflection of calvus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Adjective ==== calvā ablative feminine singular of calvus === References === “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “calva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “calva”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85 == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: cal‧va Rhymes: -alvɐ, -awvɐ ==== Adjective ==== calva feminine singular of calvo === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== calva inflection of calvar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkalba/ [ˈkal.β̞a] Rhymes: -alba Syllabification: cal‧va === Noun === calva f (plural calvas) bald patch (area of baldness) an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees) (games) a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets (games) the wooden target used in the game of calva === Adjective === calva feminine singular of calvo === Further reading === “calvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 calva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia