calende

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lɑ̃d/

Noun

calende f (plural calendes)

1. (Ancient Rome, usually in the plural) calends (first day of the Roman month)
   • 1863, Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre:

     Descends dans le cratère du Yocul de Sneffels que l'ombre du Scartaris vient caresser avant les calendes de Juillet, voyageur audacieux, et tu parviendras au centre de la Terre.

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Derived terms

• remettre aux calendes
• renvoyer aux calendes
• renvoyer aux calendes grecques

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• calen (truncated)
• calendi (archaic)
• calenne (Rieti)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin kalendae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlɛn.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛnde
• Hyphenation: ca‧lèn‧de

Noun

calende f pl (plural only)

1. calends (first day of the month)

Derived terms

• alle calende greche

Related terms

• calendario
• calendimaggio
• calendola
• calenzuola
• calenzuolo

Anagrams

• candele

Middle English

Noun

calende

1. alternative form of kalende

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calendae or French calendes.

Noun

calende f pl (plural only)

1. calends

Declension

plural only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	calende	calendele
genitive-dative	calende	calendelor
vocative	—