call
English
/kɔːɫ/, /kɔl/, /kɑɫ/
noun
Definitions
- A telephone conversation.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A cry or shout.
- A decision or judgement.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
- (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
- (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
- (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
- (US) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- (informal) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English callen inherited from Old English ceallian (shout, call) derived from Old Norse kalla (call, name, shout, refer to as) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (call, shout) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gal(o)s-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gal(o)s-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftercall English
- back English
- becall English
- bird English
- birdcall English
- birdcaller English
- board English
- book English
- boy English
- callability English
- callable English
- callback English
- callboard English
- callbook English
- callboy English
- callee English
- caller English
- callest English
- calleth English
- callgirl English
- calling English
- callingly English
- callout English
- callset English
- callsign English
- calltip English
- cat English
- catcall English
- catcallee English
- catcaller English
- countercall English
- downcall English
- fire English
- firecall English
- forecall English
- ghost English
- ghost call English
- girl English
- insta-call English
- it English
- midcall English
- miscall English
- miscaller English
- misrecall English
- noncall English
- noncallable English
- out English
- overcall English
- overcaller English
- photo English
- photocall English
- playcalling English
- re-call English
- recall English
- recallability English
- recallable English
- recaller English
- recallism English
- recallist English
- recallment English
- robocall English
- robocaller English
- set English
- sign English
- telecall English
- tip English
- uncallable English
- upcall English
- videocall English
- whatcha English
- whatchacallit English
- withcall English
- kallen Dutch, Flemish
- raaskallen Dutch, Flemish
- голос Russian
- *gal(o)s- Proto-Indo-European
- *gels- Proto-Indo-European
- kalle Norwegian Bokmål
- *kalzōną Proto-Germanic
- framkalla Swedish
- kalla Swedish
- コールサイン Japanese
- głos Polish
- głosik Polish
- głosować Polish
- głośnia Polish
- jednogłośny Polish
- pogłos Polish
- kalla Norwegian Nynorsk
- ceallian Old English
- bicallen Middle English
- callar Middle English
- callen Middle English
- forthcallen Middle English
- miscallen Middle English
- withcallen Middle English
- callán Irish
- callánach Irish
- kalla Old Norse
- kalde Danish
- *golsъ Proto-Slavic
- kalla Icelandic
- köllun Icelandic
- callboy Cebuano
- kolboy Cebuano
- galw Welsh
- galwad Welsh
- callen Middle Dutch
- *kallōn Old High German
- gailis Latvian
- gailēns Latvian
- kalla Faroese
- gjuhë Albanian
- gjuhësi Albanian
- *kallon Old Dutch
- call機 Chinese
- kalla Old Swedish
- голосъ Old East Slavic
- kòl Papiamentu
- kolim Tok Pisin
- *gluxā Proto-Albanian
- kalle Central Franconian
- *gėlwɨd Proto-Brythonic
- it
- tip
- cat
- out
- boy
- set
- girl
- fire
- sign
- book
- bird
- back
- ghost
- photo
- board
- becall
- caller
- recall
- callee
- upcall
- whatcha
- callout
- callboy
- callset
- re-call
- calltip
- midcall
- noncall
- miscall
- calling
- callest
- catcall
- calleth
- birdcall
- callgirl
- callable
- forecall
- overcall
- callsign
- callbook
- robocall
- downcall
- recaller
- withcall
- firecall
- telecall
- callback
- callboard
- miscaller
- callingly
- aftercall
- videocall
- misrecall
- catcaller
- recallist
- photocall
- recallism
- catcallee
- robocaller
- uncallable
- recallment
- insta-call
- birdcaller
- recallable
- ghost call
- overcaller
- callability
- playcalling
- noncallable
- countercall
- recallability
- whatchacallit