calament
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French calament~calamente, borrowed from Medieval Latin calamentum, from Latin calaminthe, from Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “an odoriferous plant”), of uncertain origin (either by haplology from *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) or a loanword, which Beekes considers most likely to be from Pre-Greek). First attested in the twelfth century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
calament m (plural calaments)
- calamint (of the genera Acinos or Calamintha)
Further reading[edit]
- “calament”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- fr:Mint family plants