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calcule¹

  • /ˈkal.kjuːl/ India, UK, contemporary
  • /ˈkæl.kjuːl/
  • /ˈkæl.kjul/ Canada, US
  • /ˈkæl.kjʉːl/ Australia
  • /ˈkɛk.kjʉːl/ New Zealand
  • /ˈkal.kjʉl/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ælkjuːl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French calcul, derived from Latin calculus (“reckoning”). Doublet of calculus.

noun calcules

  1. obsolete A reckoning; computation. the generall calcule which was made in the last perambulation exceeded eight millions

calcule²

  • /ˈkal.kjuːl/ India, UK, contemporary
  • /ˈkæl.kjuːl/
  • /ˈkæl.kjul/ Canada, US
  • /ˈkæl.kjʉːl/ Australia
  • /ˈkɛk.kjʉːl/ New Zealand
  • /ˈkal.kjʉl/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ælkjuːl

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English calcule /calculen /calclen, derived from Old French calculer (compare French calculer, Spanish calcular, Portuguese calcular, Italian calculàre), derived from Latin calculāre (“reckon, calculate”). Doublet of calculate.

verb calcules · calculing · calculed

  1. ambitransitive, especially, obsolete To calculate, reckon. So whā this Calcas knewe by calculing ¶ And eke by the anſwere of this god Apollo ¶ That grekes ſhulde ſuch a people bryng ¶ Thorowe which that Troye muſt be tordo ¶ He caſt anon out of the towne to go

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@misc{calcule_2026,
  title = {calcule},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calcule},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}