calamari

See also: kalamari

English

Etymology

Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăləmä'rē, IPA^(key): /kæləˈmɑːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːri

Noun

calamari (countable and uncountable, plural calamaris)

1. squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings
2. squid, the mollusk, in general

Derived terms

• calamari ring

Translations

as food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 槍烏賊肉／枪乌贼肉, 枪乌贼肉 (qiāngwūzéìròu)

• Finnish: mustekala (fi)
• German: Tintenfisch (de) m
• Greek: καλαμάρι (el) n (kalamári), καλαμαράκια n pl (kalamarákia)
• Italian: totano m, calamaro (it) m
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• Norwegian: akkar (no)
• Russian: кальма́р (ru) m (kalʹmár)
• Serbo-Croatian: lignje (sh) f pl
• Spanish: calamares (es) m pl
• Turkish: kalamar (tr)

as mollusk — see squid

Anagrams

• alacrima

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Italian

Noun

calamari m

1. plural of calamaro - squid

Anagrams

• malarica