different between calendar vs inventory

English

Alternative forms

• kalendar (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæl.?n.d?/
• (US) enPR: k?l??nd?r, IPA^(key): /?kæl.?n.d?/, [?k?æl.(?)n.d?]
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Homophones: calender, qalandar

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

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

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

3. A list of planned events.

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

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: kalenda
• ? Japanese: ????? (karend?)
• ? Korean: ??? (karendeo)
• ? Swahili: kalenda

Translations

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.

2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Waterhouse to this entry?)

Translations

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'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijjah ^{(Category: en:Islamic months)}

Anagrams

• calander, landcare, landrace

Romanian

Alternative forms

• c?lindar (popular)

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin calend?rium. Compare the inherited doublet c?rindar.

Noun

calendar n (plural calendare)

1. calendar
2. almanac

Declension

Related terms

• c?rindar

English

Etymology

From Middle English inventorie, from Old French inventoire (whence French inventaire), from Late Latin inventarium, from Latin invenire (“to find out”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.v?n.t?i/, /?n?v?n.t?.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.v?n?t?.?i/

Noun

inventory (plural inventories)

1. (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

   Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

2. (operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

   The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

3. (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

   This month's inventory took nearly three days.

4. (role-playing games) A space containing the items available to a character for immediate use.

   You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.

5. (linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)

   Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:list

Related terms

• invent
• invented
• inventive
• invention
• inventor
• reinvent

Translations

Verb

inventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)

1. (transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

   The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

Synonyms

• index
• inventorize
• take inventory
• take stock

Translations

Further reading

• inventory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inventory in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.