calumet
French, noun/ka.ly.mɛ/
calumet is spelled C-A-L-U-M-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calumet is a French masculine noun meaning “calumet (clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pipe fumée par les Nord-Amérindiens, en particulier rituellement lors de certaines cérémonies”.
What does calumet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalumet (clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pipe fumée par les Nord-Amérindiens, en particulier rituellement lors de certaines cérémonies. 2. Symbole de paix. 3. En Amérique, plante dont les tiges servent à faire des tuyaux de pipe. 4. Tuyau, paille.
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 calumet
- calumets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calumet?
- /ka.ly.mɛ/
- \ka.ly.mɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calumet in French?
calumet 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).