calamar

English

Noun

calamar (plural calamars)

1. (dated) A squid.

Anagrams

• Lamarca

Asturian

Noun

calamar m (plural calamares)

1. squid

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.ləˈmar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.ləˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.laˈmaɾ]

Noun

calamar m (plural calamars)

1. squid

Derived terms

• calamar gegant

Descendants

• → Spanish: calamar

References

• “calamar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “calamar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Alternative forms

• calmar

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamaro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.maʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

calamar m (plural calamars)

1. squid

Further reading

• “calmar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

calamar (plural calamares)

1. squid

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calmar

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan calamar, itself borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius, an adjective based on Latin calamus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma(ʁ)/ [ka.laˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma(ʁ)/ [ka.laˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma(ʁ)/ [ka.laˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐˈma.ɾi/

Noun

calamar m (plural calamares) (South Portugal, Brazil)

1. squid
2. calamari

   Synonym: lula

Further reading

• “calamar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalaˈmar/

Noun

calamar m (plural calamari)

1. Alternative form of calmar (“squid”)

Declension

Declension of calamar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) calamar	calamarul	(niște) calamari	calamarii
genitive/dative	(unui) calamar	calamarului	(unor) calamari	calamarilor
vocative	calamarule		calamarilor

Spanish

calamar

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan calamar, itself borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius, an adjective based on Latin calamus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalaˈmaɾ/ [ka.laˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧mar

Noun

calamar m (plural calamares)

1. squid
2. calamari

Derived terms

• calamar gigante
• calamar vampiro
• calamar volador europeo

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “calamar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 752

Further reading

• “calamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014