"caler" meaning in French

See caler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ka.le/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-caler.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-caler.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-caler.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-caler.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Occitan calar, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|pro|calar}} Borrowed from Old Occitan calar, {{der|fr|grc|χαλάω}} Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} caler Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], caler [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], calant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], calé [participle, past], cale [first-person, indicative, present, singular], cales [indicative, present, second-person, singular], cale [indicative, present, singular, third-person], calons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], calez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], calent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], calais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], calais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], calait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], calions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], caliez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], calaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], calai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], calas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], cala [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], calâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], calâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], calèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], calerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], caleras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], calera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], calerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], calerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], caleront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], calerais [conditional, first-person, singular], calerais [conditional, second-person, singular], calerait [conditional, singular, third-person], calerions [conditional, first-person, plural], caleriez [conditional, plural, second-person], caleraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], cale [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], cales [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cale [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], calions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], caliez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], calent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], calasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], calasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], calât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], calassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], calassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], calassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], cale [imperative, second-person, singular], calons [first-person, imperative, plural], calez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to wedge (open) (a door) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-MOctCHIK
  2. (transitive) to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-4FkMHhd8
  3. (intransitive) to stall (of driver, engine) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-4JViIZpu
  4. (transitive) to fill (someone) up Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-7xAIPnnJ
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) (of person eating) to be full Tags: colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-dnKL~6z0
  6. (transitive) to synchronize Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-zG9tTOku Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 8 10 10 8 9 8 8 9 10 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 10 8 9 8 8 9 10 12 9 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 6 13 33 21 10 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 10 11 10 10 11 20 16 13
  7. (Quebec, transitive) to chug (an alcoholic beverage) Tags: Quebec, transitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-befRm4ok Categories (other): Quebec French, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 8 10 10 8 9 8 8 9 10 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 10 8 9 8 8 9 10 12 9
  8. (Quebec, transitive) to be bald or balding, to go or be going bald Tags: Quebec, transitive
    Sense id: en-caler-fr-verb-gW68zEkC Categories (other): Quebec French

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "calar"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Occitan calar",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χαλάω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Occitan calar, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caler",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calant",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calé",
      "ipa": "/ka.le/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cale",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cales",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cale",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calons",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calez",
      "ipa": "/ka.le/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calent",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calais",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calais",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calait",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calions",
      "ipa": "/ka.ljɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caliez",
      "ipa": "/ka.lje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calaient",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calai",
      "ipa": "/ka.le/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calas",
      "ipa": "/ka.la/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cala",
      "ipa": "/ka.la/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calâmes",
      "ipa": "/ka.lam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calâtes",
      "ipa": "/ka.lat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calèrent",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerai",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caleras",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calera",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerons",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerez",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caleront",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerais",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerais",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerait",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calerions",
      "ipa": "/ka.lə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caleriez",
      "ipa": "/ka.lə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caleraient",
      "ipa": "/kal.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cale",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cales",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cale",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calions",
      "ipa": "/ka.ljɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caliez",
      "ipa": "/ka.lje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calent",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calasse",
      "ipa": "/ka.las/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calasses",
      "ipa": "/ka.las/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calât",
      "ipa": "/ka.la/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calassions",
      "ipa": "/ka.la.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calassiez",
      "ipa": "/ka.la.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calassent",
      "ipa": "/ka.las/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cale",
      "ipa": "/kal/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calons",
      "ipa": "/ka.lɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calez",
      "ipa": "/ka.le/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "caler",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to wedge (open) (a door)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caler-fr-verb-MOctCHIK",
      "links": [
        [
          "wedge",
          "wedge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to wedge (open) (a door)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caler-fr-verb-4FkMHhd8",
      "links": [
        [
          "jam",
          "jam"
        ],
        [
          "stall",
          "stall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to stall (of driver, engine)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caler-fr-verb-4JViIZpu",
      "links": [
        [
          "stall",
          "stall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to stall (of driver, engine)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to fill (someone) up"
      ],
      "id": "en-caler-fr-verb-7xAIPnnJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "fill (someone) up",
          "fill up"
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        "(transitive) to fill (someone) up"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "(of person eating) to be full"
      ],
      "id": "en-caler-fr-verb-dnKL~6z0",
      "links": [
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, colloquial) (of person eating) to be full"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to synchronize"
      ],
      "id": "en-caler-fr-verb-zG9tTOku",
      "links": [
        [
          "synchronize",
          "synchronize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to synchronize"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-caler.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-caler.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-caler.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DenisdeShawi-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DenisdeShawi-caler.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Shawinigan",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DenisdeShawi-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DenisdeShawi-caler.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-caler.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-caler.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-caler.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-caler.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-caler.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-caler.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caler"
}

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