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calandre

/ka.lɑ̃dʁ/

noun, feminine/ka.lɑ̃dʁ/plural: calandres

calender (machine); radiator grill (on a car)

Doublet of cylindre.

noun, feminine/ka.lɑ̃dʁ/plural: calandres

calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra); wheat weevil larva (Sitophilus granarius)

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.