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calamari¹

  • /kæləˈmɑːɹi/

Rhymes with -ɑːɹi

Where it comes from

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

noun calamaris

  1. countable, uncountable Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
  2. countable, uncountable, usually Squid, the mollusk.

Calamari²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Calamari.

proper noun Calamaris

  1. A surname from Italian.

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noun as food

Españolcalamares
日本語カラマリ karamari
中文魷魚 /鱿鱼 yóuyú
Portuguêslula
Françaiscalmar
DeutschTintenfisch
Italianototano, calamaro
Ελληνικάκαλαμάρι kalamári, καλαμαράκια kalamarákia
Русскийкальма́р kalʹmár

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@misc{calamari_2026,
  title = {calamari},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calamari},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}