| Anc.Greek | chalkos | copper |
| Anc.Greek | Chalkèdon, Chalkis | various localities where copper was exploited |
| Franç. | calcédoine | (< gr.) cornelian (red stone) |
| Alb. | shkëlqer | to shine |
| Anc.Greek | chalkidikós | a variety of domestic hen (ancestral races were often copper-coloured) |
| Anc.Greek | chalkís | Glossy Ibis, 131 |
| Mod.Greek | chalkokotta | Glossy Ibis, 131 |
| Mod.Greek | chalkókorone et var. | Roller, 264 |
| Anc.Greek | halkyón | Kingfisher, 265 |
| Anc.Greek | chalyps | steel |
| Lat.. | chalybeus | steel-colour (empr. au gr.) |
| Anc.Greek | kalkaíno | dark purple |
| Lith. | kalkunas | Turkey, 5 (plumage à reflets métalliques) |
| Lettish | kalkuns | id. |
| Russian | kalkun | id. |
| Germ. | kalkaun | Turkey, 5 (etymologies of "from Calcutta" and "from Calicot" are unfounded. Germ. kalekutischerhahn is a proposed etymology, but not attested as the bird's name) |
| Aroman. | calcuna | Turkey, 5 |
| Roman. | colcâi | Turkey, 5 |
| Mod.Greek | kalikoto | Franç. calicot, a kind of fabric |
| Mod.Greek | kalikadzou | Cormorant, 105 (plumage with a metallic sheen) |