calcaire

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal.kɛʁ/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

calcaire m (plural calcaires)

  1. limestone

Adjective

calcaire (plural calcaires)

  1. calcareous

Descendants

  • → Turkish: kalker

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From calc (“caulk”, verb) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

calcaire m (genitive singular calcaire, nominative plural calcairí)

  1. caulker
  2. caulking-iron
  3. glutton

Declension

Declension of calcaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative calcaire calcairí
vocative a chalcaire a chalcairí
genitive calcaire calcairí
dative calcaire calcairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an calcaire na calcairí
genitive an chalcaire na gcalcairí
dative leis an gcalcaire
don chalcaire 		leis na calcairí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of calcaire
radical lenition eclipsis
calcaire chalcaire gcalcaire

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

Further reading

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