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calf
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of CALF
[count]
1
: a very young cow小牛；牛犊
2
: the young of various other large animals (such as the elephant or whale)（象、鲸等大型动物的）崽，幼崽
— compare 2calf
plural calves ˈkavz 
ˈkävz,
ˈkāvz
also calfs often attributive
plural calves ˈkavz
ˈkävz
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, going back to Old English cælf, plural calfur (Anglian), cealf (West Saxon), going back to Germanic *kalƀaz, *kalƀiz-, neuter s-stem (whence also Old Saxon kalf "young of a cow," Old High German kalb, Old Norse kalfr, and, from a derivative *kalƀōn-, Old High German kalba "female calf," Gothic kalbo), of uncertain origin
Note: Associated with Greek delphýs "womb," Sanskrit garbha- "womb, fetus," going back to Indo-European *gwelbhu- (see -adelphous), but the expected outcome of an ablaut form *gwolbh-es- would be Germanic *kwalb-iz-, which does not match the attested forms.
Noun (2)
Middle English, borrowed from Old Norse kalfi "calf of the leg," going back to a Germanic source probably akin to early Modern Dutch kalf "swelling of the hand or foot," Old High German wazzerchalp "edema," German dialect Kalb "muscle"
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of calf was before the 12th century Phrases Containing calf
noun
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