calça

See also: calca, calcá, calçà, and călca

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”). Over time the meaning extended upward to include all of the body from the waist down, then contracted to cover only the area just below the waist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkal.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkal.sa]

Noun

calça f (plural calces)

1. (archaic) sock

   Synonym: mitjó

2. hose

   Synonym: mitja

3. (in the plural) pantaloons; knickers

   Synonym: pantaló

4. (in the plural) panties

   Synonym: calçó

5. (agriculture) the outer bark of a cork oak that is put back on the tree after the cork has been harvested so as to help the tree to survive and produce more cork

Derived terms

• calça d'arena
• calces de ferro
• calceta
• calceter
• calçó
• ésser un calces

 

Related terms

• calçar
• calcar

Further reading

• “calça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “calça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “calça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

calça

1. inflection of calçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sa/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.sɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.sɐ]

• Rhymes: -alsɐ, -awsɐ
• Hyphenation: cal‧ça

Etymology 1

calça

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calça, from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Noun

calça f (plural calças)

1. (chiefly in the plural) trousers, pants
2. ring (on a mushroom)

Related terms

• calçar
• calcar
• coice

Etymology 2

Verb

calça

1. inflection of calçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative