calypso

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: ku̇lĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/ (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ === Etymology 1 === Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (“come on”), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso. ==== Noun ==== calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes) A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. 1959, V. S. Naipaul, “B. Wordsworth”, in Miguel Street: 'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day. He said, 'You mean how I get money?'When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way.He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.''And that last you the rest of the year?''It is enough.' A song in this style of music. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== ==== Verb ==== calypso (third-person singular simple present calypsos, present participle calypsoing, simple past and past participle calypsoed) (intransitive) To perform calypso. ==== Further reading ==== Calypso music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ, “name of a sea nymph”) ==== Noun ==== calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes) A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa A light blue color. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Calypso (orchid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === “calypso” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. === Anagrams === cosplay == Finnish == === Etymology === < English calypso === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑlypso/, [ˈkɑ̝lyps̠o̞] Rhymes: -ɑlypso === Noun === calypso calypso (style of music) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “calypso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == French == === Noun === calypso m (plural calypsos) calypso === Further reading === “calypso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English calypso. === Noun === calypso n (plural calypsouri) calypso ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === calypso c calypso (type of music or dance) ==== Declension ==== === References === “calypso”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “calypso”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)