calendar

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English

Alternative forms

• kalendar (archaic)
• calender (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from calō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ən.də/
• (US) enPR: kălʹən-dər, IPA^(key): /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/, [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.dɚ]
• Rhymes: -æləndə(ɹ)
• Homophones: calender, qalandar, Callander

Noun

calendar (plural calendars)

1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

3. A list of planned events.

4. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
5. (US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Usage notes

• Calendar should not be confused with calender.

Synonyms

• (list of planned events): agenda, schedule, docket; calends (uncommon)

Hyponyms

• menologium (monthly calendar); martyrology, menologium (calendar of saints' days); kalendar, menaion (liturgical calendar)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: kalenda
• → Japanese: カレンダー (karendā)
  • → Korean: 카렌다 (karenda)
• → Korean: 캘린더 (kaellindeo)
• → Swahili: kalenda

Translations

Verb

calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)

1. (law, transitive) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

2. (transitive) To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Translations

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}
• (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul ^{(Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)}
• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja ^{(Category: en:Islamic calendar months)}

Further reading

• Calendar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• calander, landcare, landrace

Romanian

Alternative forms

• călindar — popular

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin calendārium. Compare the inherited doublet cărindar.

Pronunciation

Noun

calendar n (plural calendare)

1. calendar
2. almanac

   Synonym: almanah

Declension

Related terms

• cărindar