calving

indénombrable

A noun referring to the process of a cow or other bovine giving birth to a calf.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le processus de mise bas chez la vache ou autre bovin, c'est-à-dire la naissance du veau.

1. Giving birth to a calf B2 formal

   The process by which a cow or other bovine gives birth to a calf.

   • The farmer stayed up all night to assist with the calving.
   • Calving season is a busy time on the ranch.
   • The veterinarian monitored the cow's calving progress.

   🇫🇷Vêlage

• calvings plural form
• calvings' possessive plural form
• calving's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of giving birth to a calf (for cows) or, in a figurative sense, the breaking off of a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désignant la mise bas d'un veau (pour une vache) ou, par extension, le détachement d'un bloc de glace d'un glacier ou d'un iceberg.

1. Release ice C1 formal scientific

   To break off a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg, forming smaller icebergs.

   • The glacier calved a massive iceberg into the ocean.
   • Scientists observed the glacier calving during the expedition.
   • Warm temperatures cause glaciers to calve more frequently.

   🇫🇷Vêler (glaciologie)

2. Give birth to a calf B2 formal

   To give birth to a calf, typically used for cows, whales, and other large mammals.

   • The cow is expected to calve in the spring.
   • The whale calved in the warm waters of the bay.
   • Farmers monitor their pregnant cows closely when they are about to calve.

   🇫🇷Vêler

• calved past participle
• calved past simple
• calving present participle
• calves third person singular