cálamo

Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”).

cálamo m (plural cálamos)

1. (ornithology) calamus, quill (of a feather)

Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”).

• Hyphenation: cá‧la‧mo

cálamo m (plural cálamos)

1. object made from a reed, such as a pen or arrow
2. sweet flag; calamus (Acorus calamus, a perennial wetland plant with an aromatic medicinal root)

   Synonym: ácoro

Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Cf. carámbano, inherited from a diminutive form of the Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalamo/ [ˈka.la.mo]
• Rhymes: -alamo
• Syllabification: cá‧la‧mo

cálamo m (plural cálamos)

1. a reed pen, used to write with ink in antiquity
2. (botany) sweet flag or calamus, a plant in the genus Acorus

• “cálamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024