calandre
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.lɑ̃dʁ/
Etymology 1
Doublet of cylindre.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle French calende, calandre. Trésor de la langue française informatisé proposes a dialectal form of charançon as the origin, but other sources derive this group of cognates (including Dutch kalander) from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”) through Latin.
Noun
calandre f (plural calandres)
Descendants
- → English: calander
Further reading
- “calandre/2”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Middle French
Alternative forms
Portuguese
Verb
calandre
- inflection of calandrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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