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calamari

/kæləˈmɑːɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
cala-mari
IPA
/kæləˈmɑːɹi/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Squid, the mollusk.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: calamarius, κάλαμος, Calamari

Usage

Inflected Forms

calamaris (plural)

Phrases

calamari ring

Synonyms

squid calamary

Rhymes With

sorry ferrari safari ari mari hari sari atari harare bari ansari shari

Questions

How do you pronounce calamari?
The recorded pronunciation is /kæləˈmɑːɹi/.
What does calamari mean?
Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
Where does calamari come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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