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Meaning of càlam | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈka.ləm]

Definitions

  1. a reed stylus
    historical, masculine
  2. sweet flag
    masculine
  3. calamus scriptorius
    masculine
  4. Equivalent to 'sweet flag': A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.

Equivalents

العربية ذريرة وج
Čeština puškvorec tatarák
English Quill sweet flag
فارسی اگیر وج
Français acore odorant
Íslenska kalmusrót
Italiano acoro
日本語 菖蒲
Қазақша айыр
Kurdî ajer êgir
മലയാളം വയമ്പ്
Nederlands kalmoes
Português ácoro cálamo
Română obligeană
Русский аир

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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