noun, masculine/ka.lam/plural: calames
a calamus, a quill
Borrowed from Latin calamus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of the inherited chaume.
/ka.lam/
a calamus, a quill
Borrowed from Latin calamus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of the inherited chaume.