calamari

See also: Calamari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: kăləmä'rē, IPA(key): /kæləˈmɑːɹi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Noun

calamari (countable and uncountable, plural calamaris)

  1. squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings
  2. squid, the mollusk, in general

Derived terms

Translations
as mollusk — see squid

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.laˈma.ri/
  • Rhymes: -ari
  • Hyphenation: ca‧la‧mà‧ri

Noun

calamari m

  1. plural of calamaro

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