cálamo
Portuguese, noun/ˈka.la.mu/
cálamo is spelled C-Á-L-A-M-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cálamo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “object made from a reed, such as a pen or arrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cálamo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobject made from a reed, such as a pen or arrow
- 2
masculinesweet flag; calamus (Acorus calamus, a perennial wetland plant with an aromatic medicinal root)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cálamo
- cálamos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cálamo?
- Brazil /ˈka.la.mu/
- Portugal /ˈka.lɐ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cálamo in Portuguese?
cálamo appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).