calibre

cal·i·bre  (kl-br)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of caliber.

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calibre or US caliber [kal-lib-ber]

Noun

1. a person's ability or worth: a poet of Wordsworth's calibre

2. the diameter of the bore of a gun or of a shell or bullet [Arabic qālib shoemaker's last, mould]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calibre - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" caliber, quality high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior low quality, inferiority - an inferior quality degree, level, grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
	2.	calibre - diameter of a tube or gun barrel caliber, bore, gauge diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

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calibre U.S. caliber

noun 1. worth, quality, ability, talent, gifts, capacity, merit, distinction, faculty, endowment, stature

noun 2. diameter, bore, gauge, measure

Translations

calibre, caliber (US) [ˈkælɪbəʳ] n → calibre m

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calibre (US), caliber [ˈkælɪbəʳ] n → calibre m

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calibre (US) caliber [ˈkælɪbəʳ] n → Kaliber nt;

(of person) → Format nt

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calibre (US), caliber [ˈkælɪbəʳ] n → calibro