calendar

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Etymology

From Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from calendae (“the first day of the month”), from calare (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkæl.ən.də/, X-SAMPA: /"k{l.@n.d@/
• (US) enPR: kălʹəndər, IPA: /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"k{l.@n.d@`/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əndə(r)
• Homophone: calender

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

   We currently use the Gregorian calendar.

2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
   • Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.
3. A list of planned events.

   The club has a busy calendar this year.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse calendar with calender.

Synonyms

• (list of planned events): agenda, schedule, docket

Derived terms

• calendric
• calendrical
• Chinese calendar
• French Republican Calendar
• Gregorian calendar
• Hebrew calendar
• Jewish calendar
• Julian calendar
• lunar calendar
• lunisolar calendar
• solar calendar
• desktop calendar

Translations

system by which time is divided

• Albanian: kalendari (sq) m
• Arabic: تَقْوِيم (ar) (taqwiim)

  Egyptian Arabic: تقويم (taqwim) m

• Asturian: calendariu (ast) m
• Basque: egutegi (eu)
• Belarusian: календар (be) (kalendár) m
• Bulgarian: календар (bg) (kalendár) m
• Catalan: calendari (ca) m, (Algherese) calendàriu (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏅᏙᏗᏎᏗ (chr) (nvdodisedi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日曆 (cmn), 日历 (cmn) (rìlì), 曆 (cmn) (lì), 历 (cmn) (lì), 曆法 (cmn), 历法 (cmn) (lìfǎ), (colloquial) 月份牌 (cmn) (yuèfènpái)

• Czech: kalendář (cs) m
• Dutch: kalender (nl) m
• Finnish: kalenteri (fi)
• French: calendrier (fr)
• Galician: calendario (gl) m
• German: Kalender (de) m
• Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) (imerológio) n
• Hebrew: לוח שנה (he) (luakh shana) m
• Hindi: कालदर्शक (hi) (kāldarśak), कैलेण्डर (hi) (kaileṇḍar), पंचांग (hi)
• Hungarian: naptár (hu)
• Icelandic: tímatal (is) n, dagatal (is) n
• Italian: calendario (it) m
• Japanese: 暦 (ja) (こよみ, koyomi), カレンダー (ja) (karendā)
• Jèrriais: calendriyi m
• Korean: 달력 (ko) (dallyeok), -력 (ko) (-ryeok) (-曆 (ko))
• Latin: calendarium (la) m
• Lithuanian: kalendorius (lt) m

• Luxembourgish: Kalenner (lb) m
• Macedonian: календар (mk) (kálendar) m
• Malay: kalendar (ms), (rarely used) penanggalan (ms), takwim (ms)
• Maltese: kalendarju (mt), almanakk (mt)
• Norwegian: kalender (no) m
• Persian: تقویم (fa) (taqvim)
• Polish: kalendarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: calendário (pt) m
• Romanian: calendar (ro)
• Russian: календарь (ru) (kalendár’) m
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: calendàriu

  Logudorese Sardinian: calendàriu

• Sassarese Sardinian: carandàriu
• Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: календар (sh) m

  Roman: kalendar (sh) m

• Slovak: kalendár (sk) m
• Slovene: koledar (sl) m
• Swahili: kalenda (sw)
• Swedish: kalender (sv) c
• Tajik: тақвим (tg) (taqvim)
• Thai: ปฏิทิน (th) (pàtìthin)
• Turkish: takvim (tr), gün bilgisi (tr)
• Ukrainian: календар (uk) (kalendár) m
• Urdu: تقویم (ur) (taqvīm)
• Vietnamese: lịch (vi) (歷 (vi))

means to determine the date

• Arabic: تَقْوِيم (ar) (taqwiim)
• Basque: egutegi (eu)
• Bulgarian: календар (bg) (kalendar)
• Catalan: calendari (ca) m
• Czech: kalendář (cs) m
• Dutch: kalender (nl) m
• Finnish: kalenteri (fi), (archaic) almanakka (fi)
• French: calendrier (fr) m
• Galician: almanaque (gl) m
• German: Kalender (de) m
• Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) (imerológio) n
• Hebrew: לוח שנה (he) (luakh shaná) m, יומן (he) (yomán) m
• Hindi: जन्त्री (hi) (jantrī) f, पत्रा (hi) (patrā) m
• Icelandic: dagatal (is) n
• Italian: calendario (it) m
• Jèrriais: calendriyi m
• Latin: calendarium (la) m
• Lithuanian: kalendorius (lt) m
• Macedonian: календар (mk) (kálendar) m
• Malagasy: kalandrier (mg)
• Malay: kalendar (ms)

• Maltese: kalendarju (mt)
• Navajo: yoołkáłí
• Polish: kalendarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: calendário (pt) m
• Russian: календарь (ru) (kalendár’) m
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: calendàriu

  Logudorese Sardinian: calendàriu

• Sassarese Sardinian: carandàriu
• Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: календар (sh) m

  Roman: kalendar (sh) m

• Slovene: koledar (sl) m
• Spanish: calendario (es) m
• Swedish: kalender (sv) c
• Turkish: takvim (tr)
• Urdu: تقویم (ur) (taqvīm) f, جنتری (ur) (jantrī) f, پترا (ur) (patrā) m
• Vietnamese: lịch (vi)

a list of planned events

• Catalan: calendari (ca) m, agenda (ca) f
• Czech: kalendář (cs) m
• Dutch: agenda (nl) m, schema (nl) n, kalender (nl) c
• Finnish: toimintakalenteri (fi), aikataulu (fi)
• French: agenda (fr) m, emploi du temps (fr) m, programme (fr) m
• Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) (prógramma) n
• Hebrew: לוח זמנים (he) (luakh zmanym) m, לוײז (he) (luz) m
• Italian: calendario (it) m
• Jèrriais: almonnas m
• Lithuanian: kalendorius (lt) m

• Macedonian: календар (mk) (kálendar) m, распоред (mk) (ráspored) m
• Maltese: kalendarju (mt)
• Norwegian: kalender (no) m
• Polish: kalendarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: agenda (pt) f, calendário (pt) m
• Romanian: agendă (ro) f, program (ro) n, calendar (ro) n
• Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan (gd) m
• Spanish: agenda (es) f
• Swedish: agenda (sv) c
• Turkish: takvim (tr)

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• Albanian: kalendar (sq) m
• Breton: deiziadur (br) m, -ioù (br)
• Korean: -력 (ko) (-ryeok) (曆)
• Novial: kalendre
• Romanian: calendar (ro) n

Verb

calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)

1. (law) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

   The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.

2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Waterhouse to this entry?)

Translations

to set a date for a proceeding in court

• Dutch: vastleggen (nl)

Anagrams

• landrace

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• (popular) călindar

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin calendārium. Cf. the inherited doublet cărindar.

Noun

calendar n (plural calendare)

1. calendar
2. almanac

Declension

declension of calendar

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un calendar	calendarul	niște calendare	calendarele
genitive/dative	unui calendar	calendarului	unor calendare	calendarelor

Related terms

• cărindar