calculateur, adj., calculating.
calculateur, n.m., calculator, reckoner, accountant; schemer.
calculatoire, adj., calculatory.
calculer, v.a., to calculate, to compute, to reckon, to estimate; to forecast, to contrive, to devise; to determine.
calculeu-x, -se, adj., (med.) calculous.
calculeu-x, n.m., -se, n.f., person affected with calculus.
cale, n.f., (nav.) hold (of a ship); wedge, prop; ducking, keel-hauling (punishment); (tech.) block, quay. — de construction; stocks. — de magasin, d’un quai; slip. À fond de —; at the bottom of the hold. Eau de —; bilge water. Donner la — à un matelot; to give a sailor a ducking. — sèche; dry ducking. Être à fond de —; (fam.) to be hard up, to be at the end of one’s resources.
calebasse, n.f., (bot.) calabash; gourd; (fig. & fam.) pate, nob, noddle.
calebassier, n.m., calabash tree.
calèche, n.f., calash; barouche, open carriage.