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calander

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
ca-lan-der
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The weevil Phlyctinus callosus.

Obsolete

Etymology

From French calandre. Compare Dutch klander and Medieval Latin calandrus. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”). Doublet of calender and cylinder.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: calandre, κύλινδρος

Usage

Inflected Forms

calanders (plural) calandra (alternative) colandra (alternative) kalander (alternative)

Questions

What does calander mean?
The weevil Phlyctinus callosus.
Where does calander come from?
It is traced to French.

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