cala

Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/

cala f (plural cales)

1. cove

• “cala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

• IPA^(key): /ðala/

cala

1. error
2. guilt, fault
3. disgrace
4. fallacy
5. transgression (caka vala)

cala

1. wrong, erroneous, faulty
2. culpable, guilty

cala

1. amiss, astray

cala

1. to err, deviate

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

cala

1. third-person singular past historic of caler

• laça

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: cà‧la

Via a Vulgar Latin *calāre, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

cala f (plural cale)

1. inlet, cove

   Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura

2. (nautical) hold

• caletta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cala

1. inflection of calare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• alca

From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.la/, [ˈkäːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/, [ˈkäːlä]

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

1. log to burn

First-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.laː/, [ˈkäɫ̪äː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/, [ˈkäːlä]

calā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

• “cala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• Hyphenation: ca‧la
• Rhymes: -alɐ

cala

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• caladh

From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

1. harbour

   Synonyms: acarsaid, port

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: cà‧la

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala.

cala f (plural cali)

1. inlet, cove, creek

   Stamu jennu â cala [dî] muschi.

   We are going to Moss cove.

• → Italian: cala

From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

cala

1. inflection of calari:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkala/ [ˈka.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ca‧la

From calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

cala f (plural calas)

1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)

   Synonym: prueba

2. try, attempt

   Synonyms: prueba, intento

3. testing

   Synonym: prueba

4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)

   Synonym: supositorio

• calar
• calilla

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Or from Etymology 1, in the sense "let down an anchor", i.e. "anchorage".

cala f (plural calas)

1. cove

• caleta

• bahía
• ensenada

From New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.

cala f (plural calas)

1. calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)

   Synonym: alcatraz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cala

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-cála

1. to begin

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

cala

1. genitive singular of cal

• cal, caly

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkala/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːla/, /ˈkala/

cala f (plural caliau)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: pidyn, penis