How do you pronounce calver?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkævɚ/.

Where does calver come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

calver

/ˈkævɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: calver
IPA: /ˈkævɚ/

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Meaning

noun

A cow that produces young.

adj

Of salmon: freshly caught.

verb

To cut into slices and pickle.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

name

A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of calendar versioning.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"calver salmon"
"My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]"
"Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats."
"[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times."

Etymology

From calve + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: calver, calwer, calf

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkævɚ/
British English: /ˈkɑːvə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

calvers (plural) calvers (present, singular) calvering (participle, present) calvered (participle, past) calvered (past)

Phrases

down-calver first calver second calver

Frequently Paired Words

down-calver first calver second calver SemVer

Homonyms

carver (Received Pronunciation)

Rhymes With

laver palaver halver slaver