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almanacs
English
Noun
almanacs
- plural of almanac
Anagrams
- mancalas
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calender
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæl?nd?/
- (US) enPR: k?l??nd?r, IPA(key): /?kæl?nd?/
- Homophone: calendar
Etymology 1
- From French calandre, from Late Latin calendra, altered from Latin cylindrus (“cylinder”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (kúlindros). Doublet of cylinder.
- This spelling calender was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the machine from the chronological senses of calendar.
Noun
calender (plural calenders)
- Misspelling of calendar.
- A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
- One who pursues the business of calendering.
Synonyms
- (one in the business or trade of calendering): calendrer
Translations
Verb
calender (third-person singular simple present calenders, present participle calendering, simple past and past participle calendered)
- To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender.
Derived terms
- supercalender
Translations
Etymology 2
From Persian ?????? (qalandar, “wandering dervish”), from Arabic ??????????? (qaland?r, “wandering dervish”), itself from Persian ?????? (kalandar, “uncouth man”), from ????? (kaland, “rough, unshaven”).
Noun
calender (plural calenders)
- One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “calender”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- encradle
Middle English
Noun
calender
- Alternative form of kalender
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