calamar

calamar (plural calamars)

1. (dated) A squid.

• Lamarca

• IPA^(key): /kalaˈmaɾ/ [ka.laˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧mar

calamar m (plural calamares)

1. squid

• “calamar” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius.

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

calamar m (plural calamars)

1. squid

• calamar gegant

• → Spanish: calamar

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

• “calamar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• calmar

Borrowed from Italian calamaro.

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.maʁ/

• Audio:

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calamar m (plural calamars)

1. squid

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

calamar (plural calamares)

1. squid

• calmar

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”).

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

1. squid
2. calamari

   Synonym: lula

• “calamar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /kalaˈmar/

calamar m (plural calamari)

1. alternative form of calmar (“squid”)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kalaˈmaɾ/ [ka.laˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

calamar m (plural calamares)

1. squid
2. calamari

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “calamar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 752

• “calamar”, 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