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калібр

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French calibre, from Italian calibro, from Arabic قَالِب (qālib, mold), from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion, shoemaker's last), from καλαπούς (kalapoús), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, wood) and πούς (poús, foot).[1] Compare Russian кали́бр (kalíbr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈlʲibr]
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Noun

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калі́бр (kalíbrm inan (genitive калі́бру, nominative plural калі́бри, genitive plural калі́брів)

  1. caliber, calibre

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “калібр”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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