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)

a calamus, a quill

See also

plume
stylo

Further reading

“calame” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

calame

vocative singular of calamus

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