Meaning

9 senses
  1. A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

    Kalb, Bullenkalb, Kuhkalb

    телёнокteljónok, теле́цteléc

    теля́teljá, теля́ткоteljátko

    young of domestic cattle

  2. Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

    fine leather from the skin of a calf

  3. The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).

    Kalb

    слонёнокslonjónok, тюленёнокtjulenjónok, китёнокkitjónok

    теля́teljá

    young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo

  4. A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

  5. A small island, near a larger island.

  6. A cabless railroad engine.

  7. (dated, informal)An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

  8. The back of the leg below the knee.

    Wade

    икра́ikrá

    ли́ткаlýtka

  9. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

    Wadenmuskel

    икра́ikrá

    ли́ткаlýtka

Examples

75 sentences
  1. I've never seen a calf being born.

    Я ніколи не бачив, як народжується теля.

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  2. Tom branded the calf.

    ruТом клеймил телёнка.

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  3. The calf was born this morning.

    Теля народилося сьогодні вранці.

    ruТелёнок родился сегодня утром.

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  4. I don't need such a skinny calf.

    Мені таке худе теля непотрібне.

    ruМне такой худой теленок не нужен.

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  5. The cow lost its calf.

    Корова втратила своє теля.

    ruКорова потеряла своего телёнка.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
young cow or bull:
anatomy: back of the leg below the knee:
Русский
By meaning 3
young cow or bull:
young deer, elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals):
anatomy: back of the leg below the knee:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
young cow or bull:
anatomy: back of the leg below the knee:
muscle in the back of the leg below the knee:

Origin

From Middle English calf, from Anglian Old English cælf, calf (West Saxon ċealf), from Pro

From Middle English calf, from Anglian Old English cælf, calf (West Saxon ċealf), from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, further etymology unknown.

From Middle English calf, kalf, from Old Norse kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as English calf (“young cow”) (above). Cognate with Icelandic kálfi (“calf of the leg”).

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