calmar
French, noun/kal.maʁ/
calmar is spelled C-A-L-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calmar is a French masculine noun meaning “squid (the mollusk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étui de plumes à écrire”.
What does calmar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquid (the mollusk)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étui de plumes à écrire. 2. Mollusque céphalopode à dix bras appartenant à l’ordre Teuthida. 3. Chair cuisinée de cet animal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calmar
- calmars plural
- calemar
- calamar
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calmar?
- /kal.maʁ/
- \kal.maʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calmar in French?
calmar appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).