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calamari

noun

cal·​a·​mari ˌkä-lə-ˈmär-ē How to pronounce calamari (audio)
ˈka-lə-ˌmer-ē
: squid used as food

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The word calamari was borrowed into English from 17th-century Italian, where it functioned as the plural of "calamaro" or "calamaio." The Italian word, in turn, comes from the Medieval Latin noun calamarium, meaning "ink pot or "pen case," and can be ultimately traced back to Latin calamus, meaning "reed pen." The transition from pens and ink to squid is not surprising, given the inky substance that a squid ejects and the long tapered shape of the squid's body. English speakers have also adopted "calamus" itself as a word referring to both a reed pen and to a number of plants.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But its extensive menu offers much more, including seafood chowder, Digby scallops, calamari, fish cakes, pickled herring and pan-seared haddock. Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 Clockwise from top left a cubano sandwich, vegan cauliflower wings, a rueben, an italian sub and vegan calamari at The Bodega on Smith Street. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022 Among the middle-class families were a few garrulous groups of men with tattooed arms, roaring genially in dialect and dispatching huge plates of calamari with messy gusto. Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022 Otherwise, the poached calamari (sliced into ribbons, formed into a turban and topped with seaweed matchsticks and a quail egg) is as compelling as ever. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 June 2022 The Rhode Island Calamari Festival, which takes place on Sept. 10, typically draws thousands of people from across Southern New England to Narragansett, where more than 3,000 pounds of calamari are served. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 The feasting continued when Tucci joined journalist Maurizio Denez for a Venetian street snack of calamari sprinkled with sea salt. Janelle Davis, CNN, 1 May 2022 The shack also serves soups, salads, fries, onion rings, calamari, chicken tenders, drinks, ice cream, Italian ices and a kids’ menu. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2022 Big appetites get addressed right off the bat with choices like wood-fire porchetta served with rosemary focaccia, lightly breaded shrimp with arugula, white wine sauteed mussels and calamari or zucchini fritti as the opening options. Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Italian, plural of calamaro, calamaio, from Medieval Latin calamarium ink pot, from Latin calamus; from the inky substance the squid secretes

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of calamari was in 1826

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