calame
See also: 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/
Audio (file)
Noun
calame m (plural calames)
- a calamus, a quill
See also
- plume
- stylo
Further reading
- “calame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
calame
- vocative singular of calamus