Image:Cow and calf.jpg|thumb|right|A cow and calf.
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/k��f/, SAMPA|/kA:f/
audio|en-us-calf.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��f

Etymology 1
From Western OS. cealf.

Noun
en-noun|calves or, less often, calfs

1. A young cow or bull.
2. A young elephant, seal or whale italbrac|also used of some other animals.
3. A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

Related terms
calve

Translations
trans-top|young cow or bull
Afrikaans: kalwers p
Arabic: ARchar|عج� (�ijl) m
Breton: leueoù p
Chinese: ��, �� (xi�o niú)
Czech: t-|cs|tele|n
Danish: t+|da|kalv|c
Dutch: t|nl|kalf|n
Estonian: t+|et|vasikas
Finnish: t+|fi|vasikka
French: t+|fr|veau|m
Frisian: keal n
German: t+|de|Kalb|n
Hebrew: ע�� (�egel) m
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Italian: t+|it|vitello|m
Lithuanian: veršiukas m
Macedonian: �еле n
Maltese: għoġol m, erħa f
Polish: ciel� n
Russian: t+|ru|�ел�нок|m|trteljónok|scCyrl
Seri: noiiyo
Slovene: t+|sl|tele|n
Spanish: t+|es|becerro|m, t+|es|ternero|m, t-|es|ternera|f
Swedish: t+|sv|kalv|c
Turkish: t+|tr|dana
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trans-top|young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals)
Chinese: �, � (z�i)
Danish: unge c italbrac|of an elephant, seal or whale, kalv c italbrac|of other animals, e.g., moose or antelope
Dutch: t|nl|kalf|n, t+|nl|jong|n
Finnish: t-|fi|poikanen
German: t+|de|Kalb|n
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Russian: �лон�нок (slonjónok) m italbrac|elephant calf, ��лен�нок (tjulenjónok) m italbrac|seal calf, ки��нок (kitjónok) m italbrac|whale calf
Spanish: t+|es|cría|f
Swedish: kalv c
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trans-top|chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg
Danish: kalv c
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ttbc|Afrikaans: kalf n
ttbc|Albanian: viç m
ttbc|Alemannic: Chalb n
ttbc|Breton: leue m
ttbc|Croatian: tele
ttbc|Hungarian: borjú
ttbc|Ido: bovyuno
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ttbc|Japanese: �� (ko-ushí)
ttbc|Lithuanian: veršis
ttbc|Mongolian: ��гал (tugal)
ttbc|Norwegian: kalv m
ttbc|Portuguese: bezerro m, bezerra f, terneiro m, terneira f
ttbc|Sardinian: (b)igru, (b)ittellu
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: laogh m
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See also
cow
veal

Etymology 2
From ON. kálfi, possibly from Ir. calpa.

Noun
en-noun|cal|ves

1. anatomy The back of the leg below the knee.
2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|anatomy: back of the leg below the knee
Chinese: ��, �� (xi�o tu�)
Czech: t-|cs|lýtko|n
Danish: t-|da|læg|c
Dutch: t+|nl|kuit|m
Finnish: t+|fi|pohje
French: t-|fr|mollet|m
German: t+|de|Wade|f
Italian: t-|it|polpaccio|m
trans-mid
Maltese: pexxun m
Polish: �ydka f
Russian: t-|ru|ик�а|f|sc=Cyrl (íkra)
Scottish Gaelic: calpa m
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trans-top|muscle in the back of the leg below the knee
Chinese: �, � (féi)
Danish: lægmuskel c
Dutch: t+|nl|kuit|m, t|nl|kuitspier|f
Finnish: t+|fi|pohje
German: Wadenmuskel m
Italian: t-|it|polpaccio|m
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Russian: t-|ru|ик�а|f|sc=Cyrl (íkra)
Scottish Gaelic: calpa m
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ttbc|Afrikaans: kuit n
ttbc|Breton: kof-gar m kofoù-gar / kofoù-divhar p
ttbc|French: mollet m
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ttbc|Japanese: �� (�����, fukurahaki)
ttbc|Lithuanian: blauzda f
ttbc|Norwegian: legg m
ttbc|Spanish: pantorrilla f, gemelo m
ttbc|Turkish: t|tr|baldır
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Category:Baby animals
Category:Cattle
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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