The gingham dog and the calico cat Side by side on the table sat.
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Calico
//ˈkæ.lɪ.kəʊ//
Synonyms for "calico" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
Adjective(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
- katoen noun (kind of cloth)
Arabic
1 entries- شيت noun (kind of cloth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- басмен adj (having a pattern of red and contrasting areas)
- пъстър adj (having a pattern of red and contrasting areas)
- шарен adj (having a pattern of red and contrasting areas)
- басма noun (kind of cloth)
Catalan
1 entries- calicó noun (kind of cloth)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 三毛貓 /三毛猫 noun (cat)
- 三色貓 /三色猫 noun (cat)
- 三花貓 /三花猫 noun (cat)
- 印花布貓 /印花布猫 noun (cat)
Czech
1 entries- kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
Dutch
3 entries- calicokat noun (cat)
- calicot noun (kind of cloth)
- lapjeskat noun (cat)
Finnish
2 entries- kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
- kalikoo noun (kind of cloth)
French
3 entries- calico noun (cat)
- calicot noun (kind of cloth)
- tricolore noun (cat)
German
2 entries- Kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
- Kattun noun (kind of cloth)
Hindi
2 entries- छीँट noun (kind of cloth)
- छींट noun (kind of cloth)
Italian
1 entries- calicò noun (kind of cloth)
Japanese
3 entries- カナキン noun (kind of cloth)
- 三毛 noun (cat)
- 三毛猫 noun (cat)
Khakas
1 entries- ситсе noun (kind of cloth)
Korean
2 entries- 삼색 고양이 noun (cat)
- 삼색털 고양이 noun (cat)
Kumyk
1 entries- чыт noun (kind of cloth)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чыт noun (kind of cloth)
Māori
1 entries- kariko noun (kind of cloth)
Norman
1 entries- calicot noun (kind of cloth)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- باصمه noun (kind of cloth)
- قالیقوت noun (kind of cloth)
Persian
1 entries- متقال noun (kind of cloth)
Polish
1 entries- kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
Portuguese
3 entries- calicó noun (kind of cloth)
- calicô noun (kind of cloth)
- gato tricolor noun (cat)
Romanian
2 entries- cit noun (kind of cloth)
- stambă noun (kind of cloth)
Russian
4 entries- бязь noun (kind of cloth)
- коленко́р noun (kind of cloth)
- митка́ль noun (kind of cloth)
- си́тец noun (kind of cloth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cailleago noun (kind of cloth)
Slovak
1 entries- kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сыйса noun (kind of cloth)
Spanish
2 entries- calicó noun (kind of cloth)
- gato calicó noun (cat)
Swahili
1 entries- kaniki noun (kind of cloth)
Swedish
1 entries- kalikå noun (kind of cloth)
Tatar
2 entries- ситса noun (kind of cloth)
- ситсы noun (kind of cloth)
Thai
2 entries- สามสี noun (cat)
- แมวสามสี noun (cat)
Turkish
1 entries- kaliko noun (kind of cloth)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ка́ліко noun (cat)
- кі́шка ка́ліко noun (cat)
- кі́шки ка́ліко noun (cat)
- кіт ка́ліко noun (cat)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mèo tam thể noun (cat)
Yiddish
1 entries- ציץ noun (kind of cloth)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!" And the calico cat replied "mee-ow!"
Source: tatoeba (6399590)
Tom's cat is a calico.
Source: tatoeba (9414350)
Ziri had a fat calico cat.
Source: tatoeba (11431923)
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