# kalk
## Albanian
### Noun

kalk m
* (linguistics) calque

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from French calque (“a trace, copy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkalk]

### Noun

kalk m inan
* (linguistics) calque

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Václav Machek (1968) “kalk”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 236
* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kalk”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

### Further reading

* “kalk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kalk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kalk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Latin calx.

#### Noun

kalk c (singular definite kalken, not used in plural form)
* calcium carbonate
* Synonym of kalksten (“limestone”)
* slaked lime, limewater (aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide)
    Synonym: læsket kalk (“hydrated lime”)
* quicklime
    Synonym: brændt kalk (“burned lime”)
* calcium

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Latin calix.

#### Noun

kalk c (singular definite kalken, plural indefinite kalke)
* chalice

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* “kalk” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “kalk,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑlk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kalk
* Rhymes: -ɑlk

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch calc, from Old Dutch *kalk, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

#### Noun

kalk m (uncountable)
* lime (mineral)

##### Derived terms

* bergkalk
* kalken
* kalknagel
* kalkoven
* kalksteen
* mergelkalk
* ontkalken
* verkalken

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kalk
* Negerhollands: kalk
** → Virgin Islands Creole: kalk (dated)
* → Indonesian: kalk
* → Japanese: カルキ (karuki)
* → Papiamentu: karkó, kalki
* → Sranan Tongo: karki

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kalk
* inflection of kalken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkalk/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

kalk
* singular imperative of kalken

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Latin calx, probably via Middle Low German.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰal̥k/
* Rhymes: -al̥k

### Noun

kalk n (genitive singular kalks, no plural)
* lime, quicklime (calcium oxide)
* calcium (in food)

#### Synonyms

* (calcium): kalsín, kalsíum

#### Derived terms

* áburðarkalk
* brennt kalk (“burnt lime, calcium oxide”)
* kalk- (“calc-, calci-, calco-”)
* kalka (“calcify”)
* kalkað brjósk (“calcified cartilage”)
* kalkberandi (“calciferous, calcigerous”)
* kalkmyndandi (“calciferous”)
* kalkflagna- (“psamm-, psammo-”)
* kalkflögur (“psammoma bodies”)
* kalkhrörnun (“calcareous degeneration”)
* kalkhungur (“calcifames”)
* kalkipappír
* kalkkenndur (“calcareous”)
* kalkborinn (“calcareous”)
* kalkmiga (“calcariuria”)
* kalkmyndun (“calcification”)
* kalksteinn (“chalk, limestone”)
* kalkvatn (“limewater”)
* klórkalk (“bleaching powder, chloride of lime”)
* leskjað kalk (“slaked lime”)
* óleskjað kalk (“unslaked lime”)

### Anagrams

* lakk

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch kalk, from Middle Dutch calc, from Old Dutch *kalk, from Latin calx.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkal(ə̆)ʔ]
* Hyphenation: kalk

### Noun

kalk (plural)
* (mineralogy) lime.
    Synonym: kapur

### Further reading

* “kalk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kalk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkalk/
* Rhymes: -alk
* Syllabification: kalk

### Noun

kalk m inan
* lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
    Synonym: wapno

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “kalk”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wapno”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wapno”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “kalk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalk/

### Verb

kálk
* second-person singular imperative of kalti

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.

#### Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken)
* (mineralogy) lime

##### Related terms

* kalkstein

### Etymology 2

From Latin calix and Old Norse kalkr; compare with German Kelch.

#### Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken, indefinite plural kalker, definite plural kalkene)
* a chalice

### References

* “kalk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑlk/

### Etymology 1

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.

#### Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken)
* (mineralogy) lime

##### Related terms

* kalkstein

### Etymology 2

From Latin calix and Old Norse kalkr.

#### Noun

kalk m (definite singular kalken, indefinite plural kalkar, definite plural kalkane)
* a chalice

### References

* “kalk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* calc, calch, calck, chalc, chalch, chalh, kalck

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

### Noun

kalk m
* lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
* limestone (stone containing lime)

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: kalc
** Alemannic German: Chalch
** Bavarian: Koich
    Cimbrian: khalch
    Hianzisch: Koli
    Tyrol Bavarian: Kchoich
** Central Franconian: Kallek, Kallik
    Hunsrik: Kallik
** East Central German:
    Erzgebirgisch: Kallich
    Silesian: Koilk
    Vilamovian: kiöelk
** East Franconian: Kallich, Kollich
** German: Kalk
** Luxembourgish: Kallek
** Rhine Franconian:
    Hessian: Kalch, Kalsch
    Palatine German: Kalk, Kalik
    Pennsylvania German: Kallick, Kalk
** Yiddish: קאַלכ (kalkh)

## Old Saxon
### Alternative forms

* calc

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalk.

### Noun

kalk m
* lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
* limestone (stone containing lime)

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: kalk, kallik
** Low German: Kalk
** Plautdietsch: Kaulkj
** → Latvian: kaļķis
** → Scandinavian:
*** Icelandic: kalk
*** Faroese: kálk
*** Norwegian:
    Norwegian Nynorsk: kalk
    Norwegian Bokmål: kalk
**** → Lule Sami: kálkka (or from Swedish)
**** → Southern Sami: kaalhke (or from Swedish)
*** Old Danish: kalk
**** Danish: kalk
*** Old Swedish: kalker
**** Swedish: kalk
***** → Finnish: kalkki
****** → Inari Sami: kalkkâ
****** → Skolt Sami: kalkk
***** → Northern Sami: kálka

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* kalek (nonstandard)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkalk/
* Rhymes: -alk
* Syllabification: kalk

### Noun

kalk
* genitive plural of kalka

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French calque.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kâlk/

### Noun

kȁlk m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏лк)
* calque

#### Derived terms

* kalkírati

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalk/
* Rhymes: -alk

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish kalker, from Middle Low German kalk, from Latin calx.

#### Noun

kalk c
* (uncountable) limestone
* (uncountable) lime, calcium oxide (kalciumoxid) or calcium hydroxide (kalciumhydroxid)

##### Derived terms

* bränd kalk (“quicklime”)
* kalkbrott (“limestone quarry”)
* kalkfärg
* kalkljus (“limelight”)
* kalksten
* kalkvatten
* släckt kalk (“slaked lime”)

##### Related terms

* förkalkas
* förkalkning
* kalka

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: kalkki
** → Inari Sami: kalkkâ
** → Skolt Sami: kalkk
* → Northern Sami: kálka

#### See also

* kalcium

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish kalker, from Latin calix (“cup, chalice”).

#### Noun

kalk c
* (countable) chalice, a large drinking cup
* (countable, botany) a cup-shaped calyx

##### Declension
### References

* kalk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kalk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kalk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Verb

kalk
* second-person singular imperative of kalkmak

## Woiwurrung
### Noun

kalk
* wood
* stick
** "Woongana ngana kalk." - We will give you a stick.
* tree
* wood (a forest)
* message stick

### See also

* bajerrang (“tree”)
* treang (“tree”)
* mungu kalk (“message stick”)
* y'boo kalk (“stick”)
* kalk-pirm (“sticks”)
* wooree-kalk (“log”)
* kalk-kalk-mirrin broong (“log”)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
* ↑ https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2528285

## Yir-Yoront
### Noun

kalk (ergative kalkat)
* (Yirrk-Thangalkl) spear

### Further reading

* Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)