cálamo

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See also: calamo

Galician

Partes dunha pluma:
1. vexilo
2. raque
3. barbas
4. hiporraque
5. cálamo (calamus)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (reed, cane).

Noun

cálamo m (plural cálamos)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calamus (reed, cane).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cá‧la‧mo

Noun

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalamo/
  • Rhymes: -alamo
  • Syllabification: cá‧la‧mo

Noun

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

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