# calamar
## English
### Noun

calamar (plural calamars)
* (dated) A squid.

### Anagrams

* Lamarca

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalaˈmaɾ/ [ka.laˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧la‧mar

### Noun

calamar m (plural calamares)
* squid

### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kə.ləˈmar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kə.ləˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.laˈmaɾ]

### Noun

calamar m (plural calamars)
* squid

#### Derived terms

* calamar gegant

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: calamar

### References

* “calamar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Further reading

* “calamar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Alternative forms

* calmar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamaro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.la.maʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

calamar m (plural calamars)
* squid

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Noun

calamar (plural calamares)
* squid

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* calmar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan calamar, itself borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius, an adjective based on Latin calamus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.laˈma(ʁ)/ [ka.laˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.laˈma(ʁ)/ [ka.laˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.laˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.laˈma(ʁ)/ [ka.laˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.laˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.lɐˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.lɐˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.lɐˈma.ɾi/

### Noun

calamar m (plural calamares) (South Portugal, Brazil)
* squid
* calamari
    Synonym: lula

### Further reading

* “calamar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalaˈmar/

### Noun

calamar m (plural calamari)
* Alternative form of calmar (“squid”)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan calamar, itself borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius, an adjective based on Latin calamus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalaˈmaɾ/ [ka.laˈmaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧la‧mar

### Noun

calamar m (plural calamares)
* squid
* calamari

#### Derived terms

* calamar gigante
* calamar vampiro
* calamar volador europeo

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “calamar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 752

### Further reading

* “calamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10