calc

See also: calc- and calç

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælk/
• Rhymes: -ælk
• Homophone: calque

Noun

calc (countable and uncountable, plural calcs)

1. Abbreviation of calculus.
2. Abbreviation of calculator.
3. Abbreviation of calculation.

See also

• calc-sinter
• calc-tufa

Anagrams

• LACC, LCAC, Lacc

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from calcar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkalk]

Noun

calc m (plural calcs)

1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
2. (linguistics) calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)

Further reading

• “calc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “calc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “calc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Irish

Alternative forms

• calcaigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish calcaid (“to solidify, petrify”), from Old Irish cailc (“limestone”), from Latin calx.

Verb

calc (present analytic calcann, future analytic calcfaidh, verbal noun calcadh, past participle calctha)

1. to caulk
2. to plug up, tamp, clog (block or slow passage through)

   Synonym: tacht

3. to cake (dry out and become hard), solidify

   Synonym: soladaigh

4. (economics) to glut (provide with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand)

Conjugation

conjugation of calc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	calcaim	calcann tú; calcair†	calcann sé, sí	calcaimid	calcann sibh	calcann siad; calcaid†	a chalcann; a chalcas / a gcalcann*	calctar
	past	chalc mé; chalcas	chalc tú; chalcais	chalc sé, sí	chalcamar; chalc muid	chalc sibh; chalcabhair	chalc siad; chalcadar	a chalc / ar chalc*	calcadh
	past habitual	chalcainn / gcalcainn‡‡	chalctá / gcalctᇇ	chalcadh sé, sí / gcalcadh sé, s퇇	chalcaimis; chalcadh muid / gcalcaimis‡‡; gcalcadh muid‡‡	chalcadh sibh / gcalcadh sibh‡‡	chalcaidís; chalcadh siad / gcalcaidís‡‡; gcalcadh siad‡‡	a chalcadh / a gcalcadh*	chalctaí / gcalcta퇇
future		calcfaidh mé; calcfad	calcfaidh tú; calcfair†	calcfaidh sé, sí	calcfaimid; calcfaidh muid	calcfaidh sibh	calcfaidh siad; calcfaid†	a chalcfaidh; a chalcfas / a gcalcfaidh*	calcfar
conditional		chalcfainn / gcalcfainn‡‡	chalcfá / gcalcfᇇ	chalcfadh sé, sí / gcalcfadh sé, s퇇	chalcfaimis; chalcfadh muid / gcalcfaimis‡‡; gcalcfadh muid‡‡	chalcfadh sibh / gcalcfadh sibh‡‡	chalcfaidís; chalcfadh siad / gcalcfaidís‡‡; gcalcfadh siad‡‡	a chalcfadh / a gcalcfadh*	chalcfaí / gcalcfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcalca mé; go gcalcad†	go gcalca tú; go gcalcair†	go gcalca sé, sí	go gcalcaimid; go gcalca muid	go gcalca sibh	go gcalca siad; go gcalcaid†	—	go gcalctar
	past	dá gcalcainn	dá gcalctá	dá gcalcadh sé, sí	dá gcalcaimis; dá gcalcadh muid	dá gcalcadh sibh	dá gcalcaidís; dá gcalcadh siad	—	dá gcalctaí
imperative		calcaim	calc	calcadh sé, sí	calcaimis	calcaigí; calcaidh†	calcaidís	—	calctar
verbal noun		calcadh
past participle		calctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• calcaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of calc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
calc	chalc	gcalc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “calc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “calcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “calcaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 110
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “calc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Noun

calc m

1. Alternative spelling of kalk

Romanian

Etymology 1

From French calque.

Noun

calc n (plural calcuri)

1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
2. (lexicography) calque, loan translation

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	calc	calcul		calcuri	calcurile
genitive-dative	calc	calcului		calcuri	calcurilor
vocative	calcule			calcurilor

Etymology 2

Verb

calc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of călca