calibre

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ɪ.bə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ə.bɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ə.bə(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: cal‧i‧ber

calibre (countable and uncountable, plural calibres)

1. (UK, Canada, etc.) Alternative form of caliber.

• calibrate

• caliber

Borrowed from French calibre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈli.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈli.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈli.bɾe]

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. caliber

• calibrar

• “calibre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Borrowed from Arabic قَالِب (qālib).

• IPA^(key): /ka.libʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ibʁ
• Hyphenation: ca‧libre

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. calibre

   gros calibre ― large calibre, large bore; high calibre

calibre

1. inflection of calibrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “calibre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ciblera

• Hyphenation: ca‧li‧bre

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. caliber / calibre (dimension)
2. gauge (mathematics, physics)

calibre

1. inflection of calibrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlibɾe/ [kaˈli.β̞ɾe]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ibɾe
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧bre

Borrowed from French calibre. Doublet of gálibo.

calibre m (plural calibres)

1. calibre
2. calipers
3. jig, gauge (tool)

• → Tagalog: kalibre

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calibre

1. inflection of calibrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “calibre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16