Calendar

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English

Etymology

Old French calendier from Latin calendarium, account book, from calendae, the first day of the month, from calare, to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon), from an Indo-European base *kel-.

Pronunciation

  • (RP): /ˈkæləndə/, /"k{l@nd@/
  • (US): kălʹəndər, /ˈkæləndɚ/, /"k{l@nd@`/

Homophones

Noun

Calendar (plural Calendars)

  1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years
    We currently use the Gregorian calendar.
  2. a device to determine the date consisting of document containing dates and other temporal information
  3. a list of planned events
    The club has a busy calendar this year.

Derived terms

Usage notes

Translations

system by which time is divided

Cyrillic: календар m.
Roman: kalendar m.

device used to determine the date

Cyrillic: календар m.
Roman: kalendar m.

a list of planned events

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Verb

to calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past calendared, past participle calendared)

  1. (law{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}): to set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call
    The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.

External links

fr:calendar gl:calendar io:calendar it:calendar hu:calendar ja:calendar fi:calendar zh:calendar

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