Calvados

See also: calvados

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkælvədɒs/, /ˈkælvədəʊs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlvədoʊs/

Proper noun

Calvados

1. A department of Normandy, France.

Translations

département of France, in the Normandy region

• Catalan: Calvadós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡爾瓦多斯／卡尔瓦多斯 (Kǎ'ěrwǎduōsī)

• Finnish: Calvados
• French: Calvados (fr) m
• Japanese: カルヴァドス (Karuvuadosu)
• Macedonian: Калвадос m (Kalvados)
• Occitan: Calvadòs
• Portuguese: Calvados m
• Spanish: Calvados m

French

Etymology

Likely from a combination of Latin calvus and dorsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.va.dos/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Calvados m

1. Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Calvados.

Proper noun

Calvados

1. Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈbados/ [kalˈβ̞a.ð̞os]
• Rhymes: -ados
• Syllabification: Cal‧va‧dos

Proper noun

Calvados m

1. Calvados (a department of Normandy, France)