calle

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See also: callé and Calle

Asturian

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Noun

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calle f (plural calles)

  1. Alternative form of cai

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish calle, from Latin callis, callem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʎe/, [ˈka.ʎe]
  • Rhymes: -aʎe
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lle

Noun

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calle (plural calles)

  1. street

Galician

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Verb

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calle

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin callem (path).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.le/
  • Rhymes: -alle
  • Hyphenation: càl‧le

Noun

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calle f (plural calli)

  1. (archaic) (narrow) path
    Synonyms: sentiero, stradina
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Or sen va per un secreto calle, ¶ tra ’l muro de la terra e li martìri, ¶ lo mio maestro, e io dopo le spalle.
      Now onward goes, along a narrow path between the torments and the city wall, ⁠my Master, and I follow at his back.
  2. (archaic) route, way, road
    Synonyms: cammino, tragitto
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[3], lines 16–18; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[4], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      [] guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.
      Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, vested already with that planet's rays which leadeth others right by every road.
  3. (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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callē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calleō

References

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  • calle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈkaʎe/ [ˈka.ʎe]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkaʃe/ [ˈka.ʃe]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkaʒe/ [ˈka.ʒe]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
 

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish cal, calle, from Latin callem. For the retention/analogical restoration of final /e/ after /ʎ/, compare valle and conversely piel.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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calle f (plural calles)

  1. street
    Synonyms: calzada, pista
  2. lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)
    Synonym: carril
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Chavacano: calle
  • Basque: kale
  • Baure: kaye
  • Hiligaynon: kalye
  • Tagalog: kalye

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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calle

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Tarantino

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Adjective

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calle

  1. warm