calus
French, noun/ka.lys/
calus is spelled C-A-L-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written French, the 282,260th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calus is a French masculine noun meaning “callus (hardened part of the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Durillon produit par le frottement”.
What does calus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecallus (hardened part of the skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Durillon produit par le frottement. 2. Endurcissement de cœur. 3. Cal, sorte de soudure qui réunit les fragments d’un os. 4. Excroissance arrondie formée après la rupture d’une branche, l’incision de l’écorce, etc.
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 calus?
- /ka.lys/
- \ka.ly\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calus in French?
calus appears about once in every 81 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).