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calcare.

limestone

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/kalˈka.re/
  1. limestone

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx (“limestone”).

noun/kalˈka.re/
  1. spur (device for goading a horse)

    archaic · literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin calcāris, from calx (“heel”).

verb/kalˈka.re/
  1. to stomp, to tread

    transitive
  2. to oppress, to humiliate

    figuratively · literary · transitive
  3. to press down on

    transitive
  4. to stress, to emphasize

    transitive
  5. to trace (a drawing)

    transitive
  6. to crowd, throng

    intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin calcāre.

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