"called" meaning in English

See called in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kɔːld/ [Received-Pronunciation], [kʰoɫd] [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔld/ [General-American, Scotland], [kʰɔɫd] [General-American, Scotland], /kɔəd/ [African-American-Vernacular-English], [kʰɔəd] [African-American-Vernacular-English], /kɑld/ [US, cot-caught-merger], [kʰɑɫd] [US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-called.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔːld Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} called (not comparable)
  1. Having the name of. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: so-called Related terms: be called
    Sense id: en-called-en-adj-GKn-KywT

Verb

IPA: /kɔːld/ [Received-Pronunciation], [kʰoɫd] [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔld/ [General-American, Scotland], [kʰɔɫd] [General-American, Scotland], /kɔəd/ [African-American-Vernacular-English], [kʰɔəd] [African-American-Vernacular-English], /kɑld/ [US, cot-caught-merger], [kʰɑɫd] [US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-called.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔːld Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} called
  1. simple past and past participle of call Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: call
    Sense id: en-called-en-verb-XMnjZ2ES Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Download JSON data for called meaning in English (2.5kB)

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