calame
French
noun
Definitions
- a calamus, a quill
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calamus (reed, cane, calamus, a reed, stalk, sweet flag) derived from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (reed, ink pen).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κάλαμος
Gloss
reed, ink pen
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calamitic English
- calamus English
- calamarius Latin
- calamellus Latin
- calamus Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- culmus Latin
- calamo Italian
- calmar French
- chalumeau French
- chaume French
- calamar Spanish, Castilian
- cálamo Spanish, Castilian
- κάλαμος Ancient Greek
- καλάμινος Ancient Greek
- καλαμάγρωστις Ancient Greek
- καλαμοθήκη Ancient Greek
- *ḱl̥h₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱolh₂-m- Proto-Indo-European
- cálamo Portuguese
- कलम Sanskrit
- قلم Arabic
- قَلَم Arabic
- chalemel Old French
- kalmusrót Icelandic
- carambo Galician
- cálamo Galician
- carâmb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- კალამი Georgian
- *caramblo Old Spanish
- holom Rohingya