kalk

kalk m

1. (linguistics) calque

Borrowed from French calque (“a trace, copy”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkalk]

kalk m inan

1. (linguistics) calque

• “kalk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kalk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kalk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “kalk”, in Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny online (in Czech), 2012–2020

From Latin calx.

kalk c (singular definite kalken, not used in plural form)

1. calcium carbonate
2. synonym of kalksten (“limestone”)
3. slaked lime, limewater (aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide)

   Synonym: læsket kalk (“hydrated lime”)

4. quicklime

   Synonym: brændt kalk (“burned lime”)

5. calcium

From Latin calix.

kalk c (singular definite kalken, plural indefinite kalke)

1. chalice

• “kalk” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kalk,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /kɑlk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kalk
• Rhymes: -ɑlk

From Middle Dutch calc, from Old Dutch *kalk, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

kalk m (uncountable)

1. lime (mineral)

• Afrikaans: kalk
• Negerhollands: kalk
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kalk (dated)
• → Indonesian: kalk
• → Japanese: カルキ (karuki)
• → Papiamentu: karkó, kalki
• → Sranan Tongo: karki

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kalk

1. inflection of kalken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalk/

• Audio:

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kalk

1. singular imperative of kalken

From Latin calx, probably via Middle Low German.

• IPA^(key): /kʰal̥k/
• Rhymes: -al̥k

kalk n (genitive singular kalks, no plural)

1. lime, quicklime (calcium oxide)
2. calcium (in food)

• (calcium): kalsín, kalsíum

• lakk

From Dutch kalk, from Middle Dutch calc, from Old Dutch *kalk, from Latin calx.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkal(ə̆)ʔ]
• Hyphenation: kalk

kalk (plural kalk-kalk)

1. (mineralogy) lime

   Synonym: kapur

• “kalk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from German Kalk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalk/
• Rhymes: -alk
• Syllabification: kalk

kalk m inan

1. lime (inorganic material containing calcium)

   Synonym: wapno

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “kalk”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wapno”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wapno”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “kalk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• IPA^(key): /kalk/

kálk

1. second-person singular imperative of kalti

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.

kalk m (definite singular kalken)

1. (mineralogy) lime

• kalkstein

From Latin calix and Old Norse kalkr; compare with German Kelch.

kalk m (definite singular kalken, indefinite plural kalker, definite plural kalkene)

1. a chalice

• “kalk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kɑlk/

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.

kalk m (definite singular kalken)

1. (mineralogy) lime

• kalkstein

From Latin calix and Old Norse kalkr.

kalk m (definite singular kalken, indefinite plural kalkar, definite plural kalkane)

1. a chalice

• “kalk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• calc, calch, calck, chalc, chalch, chalh, kalck

From Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

kalk m

1. lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
2. limestone (stone containing lime)

• Middle High German: kalc
  • Alemannic German: Chalch
  • Bavarian: Koich

    Cimbrian: khalch

    Hianzisch: Koli

    Tyrol Bavarian: Kchoich

  • Central Franconian: Kallek, Kallik

    Hunsrik: Kallik

  • East Central German:

    Erzgebirgisch: Kallich

    Silesian: Koilk

    Vilamovian: kiöelk

  • East Franconian: Kallich, Kollich
  • German: Kalk
  • Luxembourgish: Kallek
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Hessian: Kalch, Kalsch

    Palatine German: Kalk, Kalik

    Pennsylvania German: Kallick, Kalk

  • Yiddish: קאַלכ (kalkh)

• calc

From Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

kalk m

1. lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
2. limestone (stone containing lime)

• Middle Low German: kalk, kallik
  • Low German: Kalk
  • Plautdietsch: Kaulkj
  • → Latvian: kaļķis
  • → Scandinavian:
    • Icelandic: kalk
    • Faroese: kálk
    • Norwegian:

      Norwegian Nynorsk: kalk

      Norwegian Bokmål: kalk

      • → Lule Sami: kálkka (or from Swedish)
      • → Southern Sami: kaalhke (or from Swedish)
    • Old Danish: kalk
      • Danish: kalk
    • Old Swedish: kalker
      • Swedish: kalk
        • → Finnish: kalkki
          • → Inari Sami: kalkkâ
          • → Skolt Sami: kalkk
        • → Northern Sami: kálka

• kalek (nonstandard)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalk/
• Rhymes: -alk
• Syllabification: kalk

kalk

1. genitive plural of kalka

Borrowed from French calque.

• IPA^(key): /kâlk/

kȁlk m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏лк)

1. calque

• kalkírati

• IPA^(key): /kalk/
• Rhymes: -alk

From Old Swedish kalker, from Middle Low German kalk, from Latin calx.

kalk c

1. (uncountable) limestone
2. (uncountable) lime, calcium oxide (kalciumoxid) or calcium hydroxide (kalciumhydroxid)

• förkalkas
• förkalkning
• kalka

• → Finnish: kalkki
  • → Inari Sami: kalkkâ
  • → Skolt Sami: kalkk
• → Northern Sami: kálka

• kalcium

From Old Swedish kalker, from Latin calix (“cup, chalice”).

kalk c

1. (countable) chalice, a large drinking cup
2. (countable, botany) a cup-shaped calyx

• kalk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kalk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kalk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

kalk

1. second-person singular imperative of kalkmak

kalk

1. wood^[1][2][3]
2. stick^[1]
   • "Woongana ngana kalk." - We will give you a stick.^[1]
3. tree^[1]
4. wood (a forest)^[1]
5. message stick^[4]

• bajerrang (“tree”)
• treang (“tree”)
• mungu kalk (“message stick”)
• y'boo kalk (“stick”)
• kalk-pirm (“sticks”)
• wooree-kalk (“log”)
• kalk-kalk-mirrin broong (“log”)

kalk (ergative kalkat)

1. (Yirrk-Thangalkl) spear

• Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)