calamari

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) Squid, the mollusk.

Synonyms

calamary

squid

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cuttle

cuttlefish

sepia

Translations

Tintenfisch

calamaro

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καλαμαράκια

calmar

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encornet

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calamar

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totano

lolligo

calamar

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calamares

teuthida

calamar

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kalamar

καλαμάρι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæləˈmɑːɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).