English Explanatory Dictionary

calendar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
A list of planned events.
An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

verb

To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.
To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæl.ən.də/ [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.də] kălʹən-dər /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/ [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.dɚ] en-us-calendar.ogg

Word forms

calendar calendars kalendar calender calendaring calendared

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium. Displaced native Old English rīmbōc and ġerīmbōc.

Synonyms

Derived words

calendar anomaly calendar clock calendar day calendar effect calendarer calendar girl calendarial calendaric calendarise calendarist calendaristic calendarization calendarize calendarless calendarlike calendar method calendar month calendar spread calendar versioning calendar year calendic calendographer calendric calendrical calendrics calendry extracalendar miscalendar

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