cala
French, verb/ka.la/
cala is spelled C-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cala is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of caler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prendre en compte ; prêter attention à”.
What does cala mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of caler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prendre en compte ; prêter attention à.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce cala?
- /ka.la/
- \ka.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cala in French?
cala appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).