calle
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin callis, callem.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkal.le/, [ˈkälle̞]
- Stress: càlle
- Hyphenation: cal‧le
Noun
calle f (plural calli)
- (archaic):
- (narrow) path
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, lines 1–3, page 150:
- Or sen va per un secreto calle, ¶ tra ’l muro de la terra e li martìri, ¶ lo mio maestro, e io dopo le spalle.
- Now onward goes, along a narrow path between the torments and the city wall, my Master, and I follow at his back.
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- route, way, road
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, lines 16–18, page 7:
- guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.
- Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, vested already with that planet's rays which leadeth others right by every road.
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- (narrow) path
- (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)
Latin
References
- calle in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈkaʎe/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈkaɟ͡ʝe/, [ˈkaʝe]
- (Rioplatense) IPA(key): [ˈka.ʒe]
Etymology 1
From Latin callis, callem.
Alternative forms
- c/ (abbreviation)
Noun
calle f (plural calles)
Synonyms
- (lane): carril
Etymology 2
See callar
Verb
calle
Further reading
- “calle” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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