# calva
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkælvə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɑlvə/

### Etymology 1

From Latin calva (“the scalp”).

#### Noun

calva (plural calvae)
* (anatomy) The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.
    The excavation turned up one small femur, one broken calva, and one jawbone.

#### Further reading

* Calvaria (skull) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

A shortened form of calvados.

#### Noun

calva (countable and uncountable, plural calvas)
* Calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy.
** 2005, Fred Vargas, Have mercy on us all, page 140:"I believe you are already acquainted with Captain Le Guern. Please join us for a glass of calva."

#### Further reading

* Calvados (brandy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* caval, clava

## Asturian
### Adjective

calva
* feminine singular of calvu

## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of calvados, or directly from French calva.

### Noun

calva m (plural calva's, diminutive calvaatje n)
* Synonym of calvados (“French apple brandy”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kal.va/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: calvas

### Noun

calva m (plural calvas)
* calva; calvados

### Further reading

* “calva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkal.va/
* Rhymes: -alva
* Hyphenation: càl‧va

### Adjective

calva
* feminine singular of calvo

### Noun

calva f (plural calve)
* female equivalent of calvo (“bald man”)

### Anagrams

* clava, valca

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkal.u̯a/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkal.va/, [ˈkälvä]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kalowā, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-.

#### Noun

calva f (genitive calvae); first declension
* the bald scalp of the head
* skull

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

calva
* inflection of calvus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

calvā
* ablative feminine singular of calvus

### References

* “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “calva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* calva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “calva”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaw.vɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaw.vɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaw.va/ [ˈkaʊ̯.va]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkal.vɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.vɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkal.vɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.vɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkal.bɐ/ [ˈkaɫ.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: cal‧va
* Rhymes: -alvɐ, -awvɐ

### Adjective

calva
* feminine singular of calvo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkalba/ [ˈkal.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -alba
* Syllabification: cal‧va

### Noun

calva f (plural calvas)
* bald patch (area of baldness)
* an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out
* clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
* (games) a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets
* (games) the wooden target used in the game of calva

### Adjective

calva
* feminine singular of calvo

### Further reading

* “calvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* calva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia