cálamo

== Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). === Noun === cálamo m (plural cálamos) (ornithology) calamus, quill (of a feather) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cá‧la‧mo === Noun === cálamo m (plural cálamos) object made from a reed, such as a pen or arrow sweet flag; calamus (Acorus calamus, a perennial wetland plant with an aromatic medicinal root) Synonym: ácoro === Further reading === “cálamo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cálamo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Compare Spanish carámbano, inherited from a diminutive form of the Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkalamo/ [ˈka.la.mo] Rhymes: -alamo Syllabification: cá‧la‧mo === Noun === cálamo m (plural cálamos) a reed pen, used to write with ink in antiquity (botany) sweet flag or calamus, a plant in the genus Acorus === Further reading === “cálamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025