calva

See also: Calva

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkælvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlvə/

Etymology 1

From Latin calva (“the scalp”).

Noun

calva (plural calvae)

1. (anatomy) Rhe calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.

   The excavation turned up one small femur, one broken calva, and one jawbone.

Further reading

• Calvaria (skull) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A shortened form of calvados.

Noun

calva (countable and uncountable, plural calvas)

1. Calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy.
   • 2005, Fred Vargas, Have mercy on us all, page 140:

     "I believe you are already acquainted with Captain Le Guern. Please join us for a glass of calva."

Further reading

• Calvados (brandy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• caval, clava

Asturian

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvu

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of calvados, or directly from French calva.

Noun

calva m (plural calva's, diminutive calvaatje n)

1. Synonym of calvados (“French apple brandy”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.va/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio:

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• Homophone: calvas

Noun

calva m (plural calvas)

1. calva; calvados

Further reading

• “calva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.va/
• Rhymes: -alva
• Hyphenation: càl‧va

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Noun

calva f (plural calve)

1. female equivalent of calvo (“bald man”)

Anagrams

• clava, valca

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.u̯a/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.va/, [ˈkälvä]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kalowā, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-.

Noun

calva f (genitive calvae); first declension

1. the bald scalp of the head
2. skull

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calva	calvae
genitive	calvae	calvārum
dative	calvae	calvīs
accusative	calvam	calvās
ablative	calvā	calvīs
vocative	calva	calvae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

calva

1. inflection of calvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

calvā

1. ablative feminine singular of calvus

References

• “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “calva”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.vɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.vɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.va/ [ˈkaʊ̯.va]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.bɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.βべーたɐ]

• Hyphenation: cal‧va
• Rhymes: -alvɐ, -awvɐ

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalba/ [ˈkal.βべーた̞a]
• Rhymes: -alba
• Syllabification: cal‧va

Noun

calva f (plural calvas)

1. bald patch (area of baldness)
2. an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out
3. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
4. (games) a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets
5. (games) the wooden target used in the game of calva

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Further reading

• “calvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• calva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia