calumet

English

Etymology

From a Norman variant of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæljʊmɛt/

Noun

calumet (plural calumets)

1. A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.

   • 2010, William Ingraham Kip, The Early Jesuit Missions in North America‎^[1], page 283:

     When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.

Synonyms

• peace pipe
• pipe of peace

Translations

pipe of peace

• Bulgarian: лула на мира (lula na mira)
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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ly.mɛ/

Noun

calumet m (plural calumets)

1. calumet (clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace)
   • 1947, Boris Vian, L'écume des jours, Kindle edition:

     Il avait aussi à côté de lui une cuvette pour rendre son goujon, et une serviette humide pour se rafraîchir les tempes, et un flacon d’alcool de menthe de Ricqlès pour corser l’effet du calumet.

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Further reading

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