calendar

calendar

English

Alternative forms

• kalendar (archaic)
• calender (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from calō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ən.də/
• (US) enPR: kălʹəndər, IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/, [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.dɚ]

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• Rhymes: -æləndə(ɹ)
• Homophones: calender, qalandar, Callander

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

   The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.

2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

   Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.

3. A list of planned events.

   The club has a busy calendar this year.

4. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

   a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly;  a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles. XV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, OCLC 863521290, page 76:

     Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of Tempeſts in State; which are commonly greateſt, when Things grow to Equality; As naturall Tempeſts are greateſt about the Æquinoctia.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 249:

     The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.

5. (US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Usage notes

• Calendar should not be confused with calender.

Synonyms

• (list of planned events): agenda, schedule, docket; calends (uncommon)

Derived terms

• Advent calendar
• calendar day
• calendar method
• calendar month
• calendar spread
• calendar year
• calendric
• calendrical
• Chinese calendar
• cosmic calendar
• desktop calendar
• diagonal calendar
• French Republican Calendar
• Gregorian calendar
• Hebrew calendar
• Islamic calendar
• Jewish calendar
• Julian calendar
• lunar calendar
• lunisolar calendar
• Mayan Long Count calendar
• solar calendar

 

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: kalenda
• → Japanese: カレンダー (karendā)
• → Korean: 카렌더 (karendeo)
• → Swahili: kalenda

Translations

system by which time is divided

Afrikaans: kalender (af) Albanian: kalendar (sq) m Apache: Western Apache: begoldohí Arabic: تَقْوِيم‎ (taqwīm) Egyptian Arabic: تقويم‎ m (taqwim) Armenian: օրացույց (hy) (ōracʿuycʿ) Asturian: calendariu (ast) m Azerbaijani: təqvim (az) Basque: egutegi Belarusian: калянда́р (be) m (kaljandár) Bengali: পঞ্জিকা (bn) (pôñjika) Bulgarian: календа́р m (kalendár) Burmese: ပြက္ခဒိန် (my) (prakhka.din) Catalan: calendari (ca) m, (Algherese) calendàriu Cherokee: ᏅᏙᏗᏎᏗ (nvdodisedi) Chinese: Cantonese: 日曆／日历 (jat6 lik6) Mandarin: 日曆／日历 (zh) (rìlì), 曆／历 (zh) (lì), 曆法／历法 (zh) (lìfǎ), (colloquial) 月份牌 (zh) (yuèfènpái) Czech: kalendář (cs) m Danish: kalender (da) c Dutch: kalender (nl) m Esperanto: kalendaro Estonian: kalender (et) Finnish: kalenteri (fi), ajanlasku (fi) French: calendrier (fr) Galician: calendario (gl) m, luairo m, calendraxo m, calandrario m, pernóstico m, reportorio m Georgian: კალენდარი (ka) (ḳalendari) German: Kalender (de) m Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) n (imerológio) Guaraní: arapapaha (gn) Hebrew: לוּחַ שָׁנָה‎ (he) m (lúakh shaná) Hindi: कालदर्शक (kāldarśak), कैलेण्डर (kaileṇḍar), पंचांग (hi) (pañcāṅg) Hungarian: naptár (hu), kalendárium (hu) Icelandic: tímatal n, dagatal (is) n Indonesian: kalender (id) Irish: féilire (ga) m Italian: calendario (it) m Japanese: 暦 (ja) (koyomi), カレンダー (ja) (karendā) Kalmyk: лит (lit) Kazakh: күнтізбе (kk) (küntızbe), күнпарақ (künparaq) Khmer: បដិទិន (km) (paʼdetɨn), ប្រតិទិន (km) (prɑtetɨn) Korean: 달력 (ko) (dallyeok), 력(曆) (ko) (-ryeok) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: salname (ku), teqwîm (ku) Kyrgyz: календарь (ky) (kalendarʹ) Lao: ປະຕິທີນ (pa ti thīn) Latin: fastī m pl Latvian: kalendārs m Lithuanian: kalendorius m Luxembourgish: Kalenner (lb) m Macedonian: календар m (kalendar) Malay: kalendar (ms), penanggalan (rarely used), takwim (ms) Malayalam: കാലഗണനാരീതി (kālagaṇanārīti) Maltese: kalendarju, almanakk Maori: maramataka (mi) Mongolian: цагалбар (cagalbar), хуанли (mn) (xuanli), лит (mn) (lit), календарь (mn) (kalendarʹ) Navajo: náhidizídí Norman: calendriyi m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: kalender (no) m Nynorsk: kalender m Okinawan: 暦 (kuyumi) Pashto: تقويم‎ (ps) m (taqwím) Persian: تقویم‎ (fa) (taqvim), گاه‌شماری‎ (fa) (gâhšomâri), سالنامه‎ (fa) (sâlnâme) Plautdietsch: Kalenda m Polish: kalendarz (pl) m inan Portuguese: calendário (pt) m Romanian: calendar (ro) n Romansch: chalender m, calender m Russian: календа́рь (ru) m (kalendárʹ) Sardinian: Campidanese: calendàriu Logudorese: calendàriu Sassarese: carandàriu Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan m Semai: surat gechèèq Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: календар m Roman: kalendar (sh) m Sicilian: calannariu (scn) m Slovak: kalendár m Slovene: koledar (sl) m Spanish: calendario (es) m Swahili: kalenda (sw) Swedish: kalender (sv) c Tagalog: kalendaryo (tl) Tajik: тақвим (tg) (taqvim) Tatar: тәкъвим (täqwim) Thai: ปฏิทิน (th) (bpà-dtì-tin) Turkish: takvim (tr) Turkmen: kalendar Ukrainian: календа́р m (kalendár) Urdu: تقویم‎ (ur) (taqvīm) Uyghur: كالېندار‎ (kalëndar) Uzbek: taqvim (uz), kalendar (uz) Vietnamese: lịch (vi) (歷) Welsh: calendr (cy) m Yakut: халандаар (xalandaar) Yiddish: קאַלענדאַר‎ m (kalendar)

means to determine the date

Afrikaans: kalender (af) Arabic: تَقْوِيم‎ (taqwīm) Armenian: օրացույց (hy) (ōracʿuycʿ) Basque: egutegi Bulgarian: календа́р (kalendár) Catalan: calendari (ca) m Cherokee: ᏅᏓ ᏗᏎᏍᏗ (nvda disesdi) Czech: kalendář (cs) m Dutch: kalender (nl) m Estonian: kalender (et) Finnish: kalenteri (fi), almanakka (fi) (archaic) French: calendrier (fr) m Galician: almanaque m Georgian: კალენდარი (ka) (ḳalendari) German: Kalender (de) m Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) n (imerológio) Hebrew: לוּחַ שָׁנָה‎ (he) m (lúakh shaná), יוֹמָן‎ (he) m (yomán) Hindi: जन्त्री (hi) f (jantrī), पत्रा (hi) m (patrā) Hungarian: naptár (hu), kalendárium (hu), határidőnapló (hu) Icelandic: dagatal (is) n Indonesian: kalender (id) Irish: féilire (ga) m Italian: calendario (it) m Japanese: カレンダー (ja) (karendā) Kalmyk: лит (lit) Kazakh: күнпарақ (künparaq) Korean: 카렌더 (karendeo) Latin: calendarium m Latvian: kalendārs m Lithuanian: kalendorius m Macedonian: календар m (kalendar) Malagasy: kalandrier (mg) Malay: kalendar (ms) Malayalam: കലണ്ടർ (ml) (kalaṇṭaṟ) Maltese: kalendarju Maori: maramataka (mi) Navajo: yoołkáłí, náhidizídí, bikʼehgo náhidizídígíí Norman: calendriyi m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: kalender (no) m Nynorsk: kalender m Old English: gerīmbōc f Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه‎ (ruzname) Polish: kalendarz (pl) m inan Portuguese: calendário (pt) m Romanian: calendar (ro) n Russian: календа́рь (ru) m (kalendárʹ) Sardinian: Campidanese: calendàriu Logudorese: calendàriu Sassarese: carandàriu Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: календар m Roman: kalendar (sh) m Sicilian: calannariu (scn) m Slovak: kalendár m Slovene: koledar (sl) m Spanish: calendario (es) m Swedish: kalender (sv) c Turkish: takvim (tr) Urdu: تقویم‎ (ur) f (taqvīm), جنتری‎ f (jantrī), پترا‎ m (patrā) Vietnamese: lịch (vi) Welsh: calendr (cy) m Yiddish: קאַלענדאַר‎ m (kalendar)

list of planned events

Afrikaans: kalender (af) Bulgarian: опис (bg) m (opis), списък (bg) m (spisǎk) Catalan: calendari (ca) m, agenda (ca) f Czech: kalendář (cs) m Dutch: agenda (nl) m, schema (nl) n, kalender (nl) c Finnish: toimintakalenteri, aikataulu (fi) French: agenda (fr) m, emploi du temps (fr) m, programme (fr) m Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma) Hebrew: לוח זמנים‎ (he) m (luakh zmanym), לו״ז‎ m (luz) Hungarian: program (hu), eseménylista Indonesian: jadwal (id), agenda (id) Italian: calendario (it) m Kalmyk: лит (lit) Lithuanian: kalendorius m Macedonian: календар m (kalendar), распоред m (raspored) Maltese: kalendarju Norman: almonnas m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: kalender (no) m Nynorsk: kalender m Polish: kalendarz (pl) m inan Portuguese: agenda (pt) f, calendário (pt) m Romanian: agendă (ro) f, program (ro) n, calendar (ro) n Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan m Slovak: kalendár m Spanish: agenda (es) f Swedish: agenda (sv) c Turkish: takvim (tr)

orderly list

Bulgarian: регистър (bg) m (registǎr) Finnish: luettelo (fi), aikataulu (fi), ohjelma (fi) Greek: πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma), κατάλογος (el) m (katálogos)

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Albanian: (please verify) kalendar (sq) m Breton: (please verify) deiziadur m Korean: (please verify) 력(曆) (-ryeok)

Verb

calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)

1. (law) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

   The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.

2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):

     Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes.

Translations

to set a date for a proceeding in court

Bulgarian: насрочвам (bg) (nasročvam) Dutch: vastleggen (nl) Spanish: calendarizar (es)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}
• (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul ^{(Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)}
• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja ^{(Category: en:Islamic months)}

Further reading

• Calendar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• calander, landcare, landrace

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• călindar (popular)

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin calendārium. Compare the inherited doublet cărindar.

Noun

calendar n (plural calendare)

1. calendar
2. almanac

   Synonym: almanah

Declension

Declension of calendar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) calendar	calendarul	(niște) calendare	calendarele
genitive/dative	(unui) calendar	calendarului	(unor) calendare	calendarelor
vocative	calendarule		calendarelor

Related terms

• cărindar