calame

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calamus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of the inherited chaume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lam/

Noun

calame m (plural calames)

1. a calamus, a quill

See also

• plume
• stylo

Further reading

• “calame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) calame

1. vocative singular of calamus