overwordExplorer
ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

căli.

to temper, harden, toughen, anneal

4 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

verb/kə.ˈli/
  1. to temper, harden, toughen, anneal

  2. to steel, harden, or brace oneself

    reflexive
  3. to stew in fat

  4. to get drunk

    figuratively · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to harden”), from Proto-Slavic *kaliti. Compare Serbo-Croatian kaliti.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

căli has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

căli studiocăli workshello, căli

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.