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Definition: Calf |
CalfNoun1. Young of domestic cattle. 2. The muscular back part of the shank. 3. Fine leather from the skin of a calf. 4. Young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "calf" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Calf \Calf\, noun; plural Calves. [Old English calf, kelf, Anglo-Saxon cealf; akin to Dutch kalf, German kalb, Icelandic k[=a]lfr, Swedish kalf, Danish kalv, Gothic kalb[=o]; compare to Sanskrit garbha fetus, young, Greek, Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Irish colpa, colpach, a calf.]. (references) |
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Bible | Calf Calves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned in Scripture. The "fatted calf" was regarded as the choicest of animal food; it was frequently also offered as a special sacrifice (1 Sam. 28:24; Amos 6:4; Luke 15:23). The words used in Jer. 34:18, 19, "cut the calf in twain," allude to the custom of dividing a sacrifice into two parts, between which the parties ratifying a covenant passed (Gen. 15:9, 10, 17, 18). The sacrifice of the lips, i.e., priase, is called "the calves of our lips" (Hos. 14:2, R.V., "as bullocks the offering of our lips." Comp. Heb. 13:15; Ps. 116:7; Jer. 33:11). The golden calf which Aaron made (Ex. 32:4) was probably a copy of the god Moloch rather than of the god Apis, the sacred ox or calf of Egypt. The Jews showed all through their history a tendency toward the Babylonian and Canaanitish idolatry rather than toward that of Egypt. Ages after this, Jeroboam, king of Israel, set up two idol calves, one at Dan, and the other at Bethel, that he might thus prevent the ten tribes from resorting to Jerusalem for worship (1 Kings 12:28). These calves continued to be a snare to the people till the time of their captivity. The calf at Dan was carried away in the reign of Pekah by Tiglath-pileser, and that at Bethel ten years later, in the reign of Hoshea, by Shalmaneser (2 Kings 15:29; 17:33). This sin of Jeroboam is almost always mentioned along with his name (2 Kings 15:28 etc.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Geography | Small mass of calved ice; specifically a piece of ice that has risen to the surface after breaking loose from the submerged part of an iceberg. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Calves are young cattle. A calf is a child of a cow and a bull. The plural is calves. Calf meat is called veal. Fine calf skin used for pages in early codexes is called pergamon.
Larger cow and calf Larger calf Larger Piedmontese-Hereford crossbred calf
Larger cow with calf
The calf is also a muscle at the back of the human leg.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cattle
Larger image,Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Bos species: taurus Binomial name Bos taurus Cattle are domesticated ungulates of the species Bos taurus, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised for meat (called beef), dairy products (milk), and leather, and used for draft (pulling plows and the like). Older English sources such as the King James Version of the Bible also refer to livestock in general as cattle. This article refers to the common modern meaning of cattle.
Terminology
Young cattle are called calves. Young males are called bullocks or bull calves; young females are called heifers. Ordinarily male cattle are castrated unless needed for breeding. The castrated male is then called a steer, unless kept for draft (pulling) in which case it is called an ox. Intact males are called bulls. Adult females over two years of age (approximately) are called cows.There is no singular equivalent to "cattle" other than the various gender and age-specific terms (though "Catron" has been proposed it is not widely accepted or even understood). "Cow" is probably the closest to being gender-neutral, although it is usually understood to mean female (females of other animals, such as whales or elephants, are also called cows.) Some Canadian farmers use the term "cattlebeast." "Neat" and "beef" are obsolescent terms.
The terms bull and cow are also used for the male and female of some other species, including other bovids such as buffalo, but also less closely related species such as moose, elephants, whale, and sea lions. The terms are used primarily to refer to animals or that have polygynous or harem mating systemsm, though "bull" in particular may be used because humans find the male of a species daunting.
Biology
Cattle are ruminants, meaning that they have a unique digestive system that allows them to synthesize amino acids. This allows them to thrive on grasseses and other vegetation.The last European wild cattle, called aurochs, were killed by poachers in Masovia, Poland, in 1627, though one breeder claims to have recreated the original gene pool by careful crossing of commercial breeds.
Uses of cattle
Cattle occupy a unique role in human history. Some consider them the oldest form of wealth. Their ability to provide meat, dairy, and draft while reproducing themselves and eating nothing but grass has furthered human interests dramatically through the millennia.
Larger cow Click photo for more images. In Hinduism, the cow is said to be holy (and thus should not be eaten); "The cow is our Mother, for she gives us her milk."
In Latin America and the western United States, cattle are often grazed on large tracts of rangeland called ranchos or ranches.
In Portugal, Spain and some Latin American countries, bulls are used for the sport of bullfighting; in many other countries, this is illegal.
The recent outbreaks of mad cow disease have reduced or prevented some traditional uses of cattle for food, for example the eating of brains or oxtail.
Ox
Oxen (plural of ox) are cattle trained as draft animals. Most often they are adult, castrated males. Usually an ox is over four years old due to the need for training and for time to grow to full size. The term steer is used to describe animals of the same species and gender when raised solely for meat. Oxen are used for plowing, transport, hauling, grain-grinding, and wagon drawing. Oxen are sometimes used to skid logs in low-impact select cut logging.Oxen are most often used in teams of two. A wooden yoke is fastened about their necks so that the force of draft is distributed across their shoulders. Oxen are chosen from calves with horns, since the horns hold the yoke in place when the oxen back up or slow down a wheeled load going down hills.
Oxen must be painstakingly trained from a young age. Their teamster must fashion or purchase as many as a dozen yokes of different sizes as the animals grow.
Oxen can pull harder than horses. Though not as fast, they are less prone to injury. There are still a substantial number of them in use worldwide, especially in less developed nations.
Miscellaneous
- The ox is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. See: Ox (Zodiac).
- The constellation Taurus represents a bull.
- In Hinduism, the cow is said to be holy (and thus should not be eaten); "The cow is our Mother, for she gives us her milk."
- A cow is alleged to have started the Great Chicago Fire by kicking over a kerosene lamp.
- On February 18, 1930 Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
Breeds of cattle:
- Angus
- Afrikaner
- Ankole
- Ayrshire
- Beefalo (a cross between domestic cattle and the American Bison)
- Beefmaster
- Belgian Blue
- Belted Galloway
- Black Angus
- Blonde d'Aqui
- Braford
- Brahman
- Brangus
- Braunvieh
- British White
- Brown Swiss
- BueLingo
- Canchim
- Charolais
- Chiangus
- Chianina
- Commercial
- Corriente
- Devon
- Dexter
- Friesian
- Galloway
- Gelbvieh
- Guernsey
- Heck Cattle
- Hereford
- Highland Cattle
- Holstein
- Hybridmaster
- Jersey
- Limousin
- Maine Anjou
- Marchigiana
- Miniature
- Murray Grey
- Normande
- Piedmontese
- Pinzgauer
- Polled Hereford
- Red Angus
- Red Brangus
- Red Poll
- Romagnola
- Salers
- Santa Gertrudis
- Senepol
- Shorthorn
- Simbrah
- Simmental
- South Devon
- Tarentaise
- Texas Longhorn
- Tuli
- Wagyu
- Watusi
- Zebu
See also
- List of domesticated animals
- Artiodactyla
- food, milk, cheese
- bullfighting
- cow tipping
- age of cattle
Other meanings of cow, bull etc
- Papal bull
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Synonyms: CalfSynonyms: calfskin (n), sura (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Horse. (beast of burden); cattle, kine, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot; tag, teg; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat. |
Celebration | Rejoice; kill the fatted calf, hold jubilee, roast an ox. |
Fool | Sawney, gowk; clod, clod-hopper; clod-poll, clot-poll, clot-pate; bull calf; gawk, Gothamite, lummox, rube; men of Boeotia, wise men of Gotham. |
Oaf, lout, loon, lown, dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numps, tony. | |
Idolatry | Idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates; Baal. |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
Pseudo-Revelation | Golden calf; Baal, Moloch, Dagon. |
Sociality | Entertain; give a party; Noun: be at home, see one's friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception; n. to kill the fatted calf. |
Wealth | Worship the golden calf, worship Mammon. |
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Lyrics | We'll kill the fatted calf tonight (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Canada: Calf Leather (1963) The Golden Calf (1930) Calf Branding (1898) | |
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 | Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine, derived from calf lymph, and currently licensed in the United States, is a lyophilized, live-virus preparation of infectious vaccinia virus. It does not contain smallpox (variola) virus. Credit: CDC. |  | Marine mammal observers watching mother killer whale and calf - Orcinus orca. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Beluga mother whale and calf - Delphinapterus leucas. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | A manatee cow and calf. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Humpback whale calves are born in wintering waters of the tropics and subtropics . This humpback whale mother and calf will remain virtually inseparable. The calf weans at around ten or eleven months. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Humpback whale mother and calf. Credit: Sanctuaries. |
 | Hereford cow and calf on bluegrass pasture. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Angus calf in Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Hefeford cow calf herd near Kahoka, Missouri. Credit: USDA. |  | Hereford cow with black-white faced calf at side. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Calf" by Chris Turner Commentary: "Our calf." | "Calf" by Liz Allen Commentary: "Calf in field." |
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 | Cow; calf; moo; bull; bellow. |
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Health | These sensations usually occur in the calf area but may be felt anywhere from the thigh to the ankle. (references) | |
If you touch a farm animal, particularly a calf, lamb, or other young animal, or visit a farm where animals are raised, wash your hands well with soap and water before preparing food or putting anything in your mouth. (references) | ||
Economic History | Israel | Calf imports were mainly from Australia, Germany and Poland. (references) |
Israel | Estimated live calf imports in 2001 total close to 100,000. Of these, the majority were for fattening. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau a la financiere is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker. |
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| "Calf" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.99% of the time. "Calf" is used about 594 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.99% | 588 | 10,794 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 594 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "calf": baby calf ♦ bind in calf ♦ box calf ♦ boxed calf ♦ Bull calf ♦ calf bone ♦ calf elephant ♦ calf ice ♦ calf leather ♦ calf love ♦ calf of the leg ♦ calf rennet ♦ calf roping ♦ calf scours ♦ calf skin ♦ calf stomach ♦ deer calf ♦ Divinity calf ♦ elephant calf ♦ golden calf ♦ in calf ♦ intensive veal calf ♦ kill the fatted calf ♦ last year's calf ♦ Law calf ♦ ooze calf ♦ reverse calf ♦ reversed calf ♦ sea calf ♦ the golden calf ♦ to kill the fatted calf ♦ Tree calf ♦ veal calf ♦ whale calf ♦ with calf ♦ worship the golden calf. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "calf": calf-bearer, calf-bearing, calf-boots, calf-bound, calf-deep, calf-hide, calf-high, calf-knee, calf-length, calf-like, calf-love, calf-muscle, calf-note, calf-rearing, Calf-skin. | |
Ending with "calf": bull-calf, in-calf, mid-calf. | |
Containing "calf": mid-calf-length, rid-calf-length. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
calf | 755 | raising calf | 17 |
calf muscle | 207 | calf manna | 16 |
calf roping | 112 | pain in the calf | 16 |
calf pain | 84 | calf tattoo | 16 |
calf exercise | 83 | calf workout | 15 |
calf implant | 65 | calf machine | 15 |
calf horse roping sale | 37 | calf scours | 15 |
pulled calf muscle | 37 | over calf sock | 15 |
calf cramp | 32 | calf muscle strain | 15 |
club calf | 31 | calf muscle exercise | 15 |
calf injury | 31 | calf workouts | 14 |
calf strain | 29 | golden calf | 13 |
calf muscle torn | 29 | calf hutches | 13 |
calf raise | 29 | white buffalo calf woman | 13 |
calf muscle pain | 24 | calf sale | 12 |
calf muscle injury | 23 | calf r | 12 |
calf stretch | 21 | calf picture | 12 |
cow calf | 21 | pain in the calf of the leg | 12 |
calf horse roping | 20 | calf support | 12 |
muscular calf | 18 | calf feed | 12 |
calf donkey raise | 12 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "calf"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | copë akulli që noton, viç (cosset), sylesh (goof, goofy, gudgeon, gullible, ninny), pulpë e këmbës, lëkurë viçi (boxcalf, calfskin), këlysh (cub, henchman, Ling, puppy, whelp, youngling), ishull i vogël pranë një ishulli më të madh, djalë i leshtë. (various references) | |
Arabic | فتى غر (colt), كتلة جليد, عجل (accelerate, advance, anticipate, bicker, bullock, dash, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, precipitate, run, speed, speed up, tire, veal), جلد العجل (calfskin). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | onista. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | телешка кожа (calfskin), теле, къс плаващ лед, глупак (bird brained, blinker, boeotian, bonehead, boob, booby, chuckle-head, clod, clot, coot, dodo, dotterel, driveler, dummy, fathead, flat, fool, gaby, gawk, goof, goon, gowk, greenhorn, gull, hammerhead, jackass, jobbernowl, lack-brain, lame brain, leather-head, lunkhead, muggins, mutt, mutton head, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, nutter, oaf, pudding-head, pumpkin-head, sap, sap-head, schmo, schnook, sheep's head, silly, simp, simple, simpleton, spoon, stupe, stupid, thickhead, tomfool, twit, witling, wittol, zany, zombie), глупав човек (jay, subman), прасец. (various references) | |
Chinese | 小牛 . (various references) | |
Cornish | lugh. (various references) | |
Czech | tele, telátko, lýtko (calves). (various references) | |
Danish | kalv (faon, fawn, flapper, young stag), læg (furrow, wrinkle). (various references) | |
Dutch | kalf (fawn). (various references) | |
Esperanto | suro, bovido. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tjúkki. (various references) | |
Farsi | ماهیچه ساق پا, نرمه ساق پا, چرم گوساله , گوساله (Veal), تیماج (Calfskin, Goat, Roan). (various references) | |
Finnish | vasikka, pohje. (various references) | |
French | veau (calfskin), mollet. (various references) | |
Frisian | keal. (various references) | |
German | kalb (fawn, veal), wade (calve, seine), kalbsleder (calfskin). (various references) | |
Greek | μοσχάρι (veal), γάμπα (leg, shank). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עגל (veal), בן בקר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | lábikra (calves), borjú (barrack bag, calves, veal). (various references) | |
Icelandic | kálfur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | betis (leg), anak sapi (calves). (various references) | |
Irish | gamhain. (various references) | |
Italian | vitello (veal), polpaccio. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 膨ら脛 , 脹脛 , 脹ら脛 , 子牛 , 小牛 , 小牛 , 仔牛 , カービン銃 (calfskin, car ferry, carbine, convex mirror, curb market, curve, curve ball). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふくらはぎ, こうし (company, Confucius, Crown Prince, edict, exercise, filial child, firm, government and people, heir, hind leg, Imperial Heir, kind intention, kind thought, lattice, lecturer, man of noble character, minister, national examinations, official and personal, pearly white teeth, photon, public and private, public announcement, reform, renewal, slag, successor, use, young nobleman), カーフ . (various references) | |
Korean | 종아리. (various references) | |
Malay | anak sapi. (various references) | |
Manx | lheiy, crackan lheiy. (various references) | |
Maya | tzelek. (various references) | |
Norwegian | legg, kalv. (various references) | |
Papiamen | bishé, bisé. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alfcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vitelo (yelk), vitela (heifer, maverick, veal), novilho (steer), bezerro (steer), barriga (abdomen, belly, bulge, inside, inward, lower part of the body, paunch, potbelly, stomach, tummy). (various references) | |
Romanian | viţel (veal). (various references) | |
Romany | mooskàri. (various references) | |
Russian | телячья кожа (calfskin), телец (taurus), теленок;икра, теленок, голень (leg, shank, shin), простофиля (dotterel, dupe, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, patsy, Sawney, simp), придурковатый парень, икра ноги, детеныш оленя, детеныш (cub, youngster). (various references) | |
Scottish | calpa (calf of the leg; calpannan, haulyards, principal set to interest, the calf of the leg), laogh (a calf). (various references) | |
Sepedi | potongwane, namane. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | teleća koža (calfskin), tele, nezreo mladić (punk), mladunče (youngling). (various references) | |
Shona | tsapfu, mhuru. (various references) | |
Spanish | ternero (veal), pantorrilla, becerro (bull-calf, veal, young bull). (various references) | |
Swahili | ndama. (various references) | |
Swazi | lí-tfole. (various references) | |
Swedish | kalv (veal), vad (appeal, bet, Ford, hey, how, seine, that, wager, what). (various references) | |
Tagalog | báka. (various references) | |
Turkish | dana (steer). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gцle (calf (young cow)). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | роззява (caravan, chaw-bacon, cuckoo, goose, softy, yak, zany), теляча шкіра (calfskin), теля, телець, йолоп (banana-head, blunderbuss, boob, caravan, chuckle-head, clod, clot, dimwit, fathead, gawk, loggerhead, mutt, nincompoop, nitwit, noodle, numskull, poop, saphead, zany), опойок, невелика плавуча крижина, маля (baby, whippet, youngling, youngster), литка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chuyện yêu đương trẻ con (calf-love). (various references) | |
Welsh | croth (womb), llo, buwch (cow). (various references) | |
Zulu | isitho, isihluzi, inkonyane. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | amar. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vitellus, vitula, vitulam, vituli, vitulis, vitulo, vitulorum, vitulorumque, vitulos, vitulosque, vitulum, vitulus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ascûm. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | vel, veel. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 15, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai enegkanteV ton moscon ton siteuton qusate kai fagonteV eufranqwmen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et adducite vitulum saginatum et occidite et manducemus et epulemur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And bringað an fætt styric and ofsleað and utun etan and gewistfullian: |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And schoon on hise feet; and brynge ye a fat calf, and sle ye, and ete we, and make we feeste. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And bringe hidder that fatted caulfe and kyll him and let vs eate and be mery: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 15, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | ug dad-a dinhi ang nating baka nga gipatambok ug ihawa kini, ug mangaon kita ug managsadya; |
| Chinese | 把 那 肥 牛 犢 牽 來 宰 了 、 我 們 可 以 喫 喝 快 樂 ． |
| Croatian | Tele ugojeno dovedite i zakoljite, pa da se pogostimo i proveselimo |
| Danish | og henter Fedekalven og slagter den, og lader os spise og være lystige! |
| Dutch | En brengt het gemeste kalf, en slacht het; en laat ons eten en vrolijk zijn. |
| Finnish | ja noutakaa syötetty vasikka ja teurastakaa. Ja syökäämme ja pitäkäämme iloa, |
| French | Amenez le veau gras, et tuez-le. Mangeons et réjouissons-nous; |
| German | und bringet ein gemästet Kalb her und schlachtet's; lasset uns essen und fröhlich sein! |
| Haitian Creole | Al chache jenn ti towo nou t'ap angrese a, touye l'. Ann fete, ann manje. |
| Hungarian | És elõhozván a hízott tulkot, vágjátok le, és együnk és vígadjunk. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah itu ambillah anak sapi yang gemuk dan sembelihlah. Kita akan makan dan bersukaria. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan bawalah anak lembu yang tambun, sembelihkan, biar kita makan dan bersukaria, |
| Italian | Portate il vitello grasso, ammazzatelo, mangiamo e facciamo festa, |
| Latvian | Un atvediet nobarotu teïu un nokaujiet to, un çdîsim un priecâsimies, |
| Maori | Kawea mai ano te kuao kau, te mea whangai, patua; kia kai tatou, kia koa te ngakau; |
| Norwegian | og hent gjøkalven og slakt den, og la oss ete og være glade! |
| Portuguese | trazei também o bezerro, cevado e matai-o; comamos, e regozijemo-nos, |
| Rumanian | Aduceyi viyelul cel kngrqwat, wi tqiayi -l. Sq mkncqm wi sq ne veselim; |
| Russian | Й РТЙЧЕДЙФЕ ПФЛПТНМЕООПЗП ФЕМЕОЛБ, Й ЪБЛПМЙФЕ; УФБОЕН ЕУФШ Й ЧЕУЕМЙФШУС! |
| Shuar | Túrarum waaka nueram ana nu maatarum. Námper Nájankur shiir Enentáimsar Yurumámi. |
| Spanish | Traed el ternero engordado y matadlo. Comamos y regocijémonos, |
| Swahili | Mchinjeni ndama mnono; tule kusherehekea! |
| Swedish | Och hämten den gödda kalven och slakten den, så vilja vi äta och gör oss glada. |
| Uma | Oti toe, hilou-koi mpohoko' ana' japi to morudu' pai' nisumale'. Ngkoni' -ta goe' -goe'! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "calf": calflike, calfs, calfskin, calfskins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "calf": mooncalf. (additional references) | |
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"Calf" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aclr, alf, caaf, caal, caald, caf, cafc, cafh, cahl, caif, cala, calb, cald, calfs, calg, calo, calp, calt, calv, Caly, calz, carlfa, cawf, cealf, Celf, cfl, cfla, Chaleff, cilf, ckl, colf, collf, Ctal, culf, cxl, dalf, Falf, ical, Kauf, kelf, Klaff, kolf, nalf, Oalf, salf. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "calf" (pronounced ka"f) |
| 2 | -a" f | behalf, chaff, gaff, gaffe, giraffe, graph, half, laugh, Raff, staff. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-l" | |
-1 letter: lac. | |
-2 letters: al, fa, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-l" | |
+1 letter: calfs, calif, fecal, flack, focal. | |
+2 letters: califs, canful, capful, carful, facial, facile, facula, faecal, falces, falcon, faucal, fecial, fecula, fiscal, flacks, flacon, fulcra, sclaff. | |
+3 letters: afflict, bifocal, cageful, calcify, canfuls, cansful, capfuls, careful, carfuls, catfall, clarify, coalify, cowflap, facials, factful, factual, faculae, facular, faculty, falcate, falcons, fallacy, fancily, fascial, faucals, faucial, fecials, feculae, felucca, finical, fiscals, flaccid, flacked, flacons, flatcap, flatcar, focally, folacin, fractal, furcula, icefall, malefic, rackful, sackful, sclaffs, tactful. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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