# calc
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kælk/
* Rhymes: -ælk
* Homophone: calque

### Noun

calc (countable and uncountable, plural calcs)
* Abbreviation of calculus.
* Abbreviation of calculator.
* Abbreviation of calculation.

#### Translations
### See also

* calc-clinobronzite
* calc-silicate gneiss
* calc-sinter
* calc-tufa

### Anagrams

* LACC, LCAC, Lacc

## Catalan
### Etymology

Deverbal of calcar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkalk]

### Noun

calc m (plural calcs)
* tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
* (linguistics) calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)

### Further reading

* “calc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “calc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “calc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “calc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* calcaigh

### Etymology

From Middle Irish calcaid (“to solidify, petrify”), from Old Irish cailc (“limestone”), from Latin calx.

### Verb

calc (present analytic calcann, future analytic calcfaidh, verbal noun calcadh, past participle calctha)
* to caulk
* to plug up, tamp, clog (block or slow passage through)
    Synonym: tacht
* to cake (dry out and become hard), solidify
    Synonym: soladaigh
* (economics) to glut (provide with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand)

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | calcadh | calcadh | calcadh | calcadh | calcadh | calcadh | calcadh | calcadh |
| past participle | calctha | calctha | calctha | calctha | calctha | calctha | calctha | calctha |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | calcaim | calcann tú; calcair$^†$ | calcann sé, sí | calcaimid | calcann sibh | calcann siad; calcaid$^†$ | a chalcann; a chalcas / a gcalcann* | calctar |
| past | chalc mé; chalcas | chalc tú; chalcais | chalc sé, sí | chalcamar; chalc muid | chalc sibh; chalcabhair | chalc siad; chalcadar | a chalc / ar chalc* | calcadh |
| past habitual | chalcainn / gcalcainn‡‡ | chalctá / gcalctá‡‡ | chalcadh sé, sí / gcalcadh sé, sí‡‡ | chalcaimis; chalcadh muid / gcalcaimis‡‡; gcalcadh muid‡‡ | chalcadh sibh / gcalcadh sibh‡‡ | chalcaidís; chalcadh siad / gcalcaidís‡‡; gcalcadh siad‡‡ | a chalcadh / a gcalcadh* | chalctaí / gcalctaí‡‡ |
| future | calcfaidh mé; calcfad | calcfaidh tú; calcfair$^†$ | calcfaidh sé, sí | calcfaimid; calcfaidh muid | calcfaidh sibh | calcfaidh siad; calcfaid$^†$ | a chalcfaidh; a chalcfas / a gcalcfaidh* | calcfar |
| conditional | chalcfainn / gcalcfainn‡‡ | chalcfá / gcalcfá‡‡ | chalcfadh sé, sí / gcalcfadh sé, sí‡‡ | chalcfaimis; chalcfadh muid / gcalcfaimis‡‡; gcalcfadh muid‡‡ | chalcfadh sibh / gcalcfadh sibh‡‡ | chalcfaidís; chalcfadh siad / gcalcfaidís‡‡; gcalcfadh siad‡‡ | a chalcfadh / a gcalcfadh* | chalcfaí / gcalcfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go gcalca mé; go gcalcad$^†$ | go gcalca tú; go gcalcair$^†$ | go gcalca sé, sí | go gcalcaimid; go gcalca muid | go gcalca sibh | go gcalca siad; go gcalcaid$^†$ | — | go gcalctar |
| past | dá gcalcainn | dá gcalctá | dá gcalcadh sé, sí | dá gcalcaimis; dá gcalcadh muid | dá gcalcadh sibh | dá gcalcaidís; dá gcalcadh siad | — | dá gcalctaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | calcaim | calc | calcadh sé, sí | calcaimis | calcaigí; calcaidh$^†$ | calcaidís | — | calctar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* calcaire

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* “calc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “calcaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “calcaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 110
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “calc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Saxon
### Noun

calc m
* Alternative spelling of kalk

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French calque.

#### Noun

calc n (plural calcuri)
* tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
* (lexicography) calque, loan translation

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

calc
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of călca