calve

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa. === Pronunciation === (England, Wales) IPA(key): /kɑːv/ (General American) IPA(key): /kæv/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kav/ Rhymes: -ɑːv, -æv Homophone: carve (some non-rhotic accents, e.g. Received Pronunciation) === Verb === calve (third-person singular simple present calves, present participle calving, simple past and past participle calved) (intransitive) To give birth to a calf. (intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf. (transitive) To give birth to (a calf). (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or iceberg) To shed a large piece. (intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) To break off. (transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or iceberg) To shed (a large piece); to set loose (a mass of ice). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === clave == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkal.ve/ Rhymes: -alve Hyphenation: càl‧ve === Adjective === calve feminine plural of calvo === Noun === calve f plural of calva === Anagrams === clave == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaɫ.wɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.ve] === Adjective === calve vocative masculine singular of calvus == Portuguese == === Verb === calve inflection of calvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative