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

   Synonym: xibión

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “calamar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “calamar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: 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]

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calamar m (plural calamars)

1. squid

• calamar gegant

• → Spanish: calamar

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “calamar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

• “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/

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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) (Southern Portugal, Brazil)

1. squid
2. calamari

   Synonym: lula

• “calamar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “calamar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “calamar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• 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]

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

calamar m (plural calamares)

1. squid
2. calamari

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “calamar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025