intercalate
English
/ɪnˈtɜː.kəl.eɪt/, /ɪnˈtɝ.kəˌleɪt/
verb
Definitions
- To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
- To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
- (molecular biology) To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
- To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. Compare m
Etymology
Derived from Latin intercalātus (la, intercal), calo (I call, summon, I proclaim) root from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kelh₁-
Gloss
shout, call, cry, summon, lift, make noise, make a noise
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Semantic Field
Speech and language
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acclamate English
- acclamatory English
- clamorous English
- declamation English
- declamatory English
- deintercalate English
- exclamative English
- intercalary English
- acclamatio Latin
- acclamo Latin
- acclāmātiōnem, acclāmātiō Latin
- acclāmātiōnis, acclāmātiō Latin
- acclāmō Latin
- calatio Latin
- calendārium Latin
- calo Latin
- clamito Latin
- clamo Latin
- clamor Latin
- clamāre Latin
- clarifico Latin
- clarus Latin
- classis Latin
- clāmor Latin
- clāmāre Latin
- clāmō, clamo, clāmāre Latin
- clārus Latin
- concilio Latin
- concilium Latin
- conciliātus Latin
- conclamo Latin
- declamo Latin
- dēclāmō Latin
- exclamatio Latin
- exclamatus Latin
- exclamo Latin
- exclāmāre, exclamo, exclāmō Latin
- inclamo Latin
- intercalo Latin
- intercalātus Latin
- kalendarium Latin
- kalendās Latin
- praeclamo Latin
- proclamatio Latin
- proclamo Latin
- proclamo, prōclāmāre, prōclāmō Latin
- prōclāmō Latin
- reclamatio Latin
- reclamo Latin
- reclāmāre, reclāmō, reclamo Latin
- succlamo Latin
- calende Italian
- chiamata Italian
- chiaramente Italian
- chiesucola Italian
- κέλαδος Ancient Greek
- ἐπίκλησις Ancient Greek
- ἐπικαλέω Ancient Greek
- *kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₁m- Proto-Indo-European
- *kl̥h₁rós Proto-Indo-European
- *halōną Proto-Germanic
- *hellaną Proto-Germanic
- *helą Proto-Germanic
- *hlōaną Proto-Germanic
- *skellan- Proto-Germanic
- उषःकल Sanskrit
- *kalyākos Proto-Celtic
- kalba Lithuanian
- ciamâse Ligurian