cálamo
See also: calamo
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”).
Noun
cálamo m (plural cálamos)
- (ornithology) calamus, quill (of a feather)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”).
Noun
cálamo m (plural cálamos)
- object made from a reed, such as a pen or arrow
- sweet flag; calamus (Acorus calamus, a perennial wetland plant with an aromatic medicinal root)
- Synonym: ácoro
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Cf. carámbano, inherited from a diminutive form of the Latin.
Noun
cálamo m (plural cálamos)
- a reed pen, used to write with ink in antiquity
- (botany) Sweet flag or calamus, a plant in the genus Acorus
Further reading
- “cálamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014