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calendar

noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.ən.də/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhæl.(ə)n.də]
  • Canada, General-American: kălʹən-dər
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈkhæl.(ə)n.dɚ]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: calender
  • homophone: qalandar
  • homophone: Callander
  • rhymes with -æləndə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 L AH0 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A list of planned events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The club has a busy calendar this year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: law

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To enter or write in a calendar; to register.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I have you on my calendar for next Monday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

Narrower terms: docket

9

noun

Meaning 9

a tabular array of the days (usually for one year)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table, tabular array

Narrower terms: perpetual calendar

10

noun

Meaning 10

a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrangement, organization, organisation, system

Narrower terms: lunar calendar, lunisolar calendar, solar calendar

11

verb

Meaning 11

enter into a calendar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: schedule

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

288 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: амзар (amzar) — system by which time is divided
  • Afrikaans: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Albanian: kalendar — system by which time is divided
  • Southern Altai: кӱнтизӱ (küntizü) — system by which time is divided
  • Southern Altai: календарь (kalendarʹ) — system by which time is divided
  • Amharic: የቀን አቆጣጠር (yäḳän ʾäḳoṭaṭär) — system by which time is divided
  • Western Apache: begoldohí — system by which time is divided
  • Arabic: تَقْوِيم (taqwīm) — system by which time is divided
  • Arabic: تَقْوِيم (taqwim) — system by which time is divided
  • Arabic: تَقْوِيم (tagwīm) — system by which time is divided
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ (surgāḏā) — system by which time is divided
  • Armenian: օրացույց (ōracʻuycʻ) — system by which time is divided
  • Assamese: দিনপঞ্জী (dinopoñzi) — system by which time is divided
  • Asturian: calendariu — system by which time is divided
  • Azerbaijani: təqvim — system by which time is divided
  • Basque: egutegi — system by which time is divided
  • Belarusian: калянда́р (kaljandár) — system by which time is divided
  • Bengali: পঞ্জিকা (ponjika) — system by which time is divided
  • Breton: deiziadur — system by which time is divided
  • Bulgarian: календа́р (kalendár) — system by which time is divided
  • Burmese: ပြက္ခဒိန် (prakhka.din) — system by which time is divided
  • Buryat: литэ (lite) — system by which time is divided
  • Buryat: календарь (kaljendarʹ) — system by which time is divided
  • Buryat: cагалбар (cagalbar) — system by which time is divided
  • Catalan: calendari — system by which time is divided
  • Catalan: calendàriu — system by which time is divided
  • Chechen: рузма (ruzma) — system by which time is divided
  • Cherokee: ᏅᏙᏗᏎᏗ (nvdodisedi) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Cantonese: 日曆 /日历 (jat6 lik6) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Cantonese: 曆 /历 (lik6) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Cantonese: 曆法 /历法 (lik6 faat3) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日曆 /日历 (rìlì) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曆 /历 (lì) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曆法 /历法 (lìfǎ) — system by which time is divided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 月份牌 (yuèfènpái) — system by which time is divided
  • Czech: kalendář — system by which time is divided
  • Danish: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Dutch: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Esperanto: kalendaro — system by which time is divided
  • Estonian: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Finnish: kalenteri — system by which time is divided
  • Finnish: ajanlasku — system by which time is divided
  • Finnish: almanakka — system by which time is divided
  • French: calendrier — system by which time is divided
  • Galician: calendario — system by which time is divided
  • Galician: luairo — system by which time is divided
  • Galician: calendraxo — system by which time is divided
  • Galician: calandrario — system by which time is divided
  • Galician: pernóstico — system by which time is divided
  • Galician: reportorio — system by which time is divided
  • Georgian: კალენდარი (ḳalendari) — system by which time is divided
  • German: Kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Greek: ημερολόγιο (imerológio) — system by which time is divided
  • Hebrew: לוּחַ שָׁנָה (lúakh shaná) — system by which time is divided
  • Hindi: कालदर्शक (kāldarśak) — system by which time is divided
  • Hindi: पंचांग (pañcāṅg) — system by which time is divided
  • Hungarian: naptár — system by which time is divided
  • Hungarian: kalendárium — system by which time is divided
  • Icelandic: tímatal — system by which time is divided
  • Icelandic: dagatal — system by which time is divided
  • Indonesian: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Ingrian: kalendari — system by which time is divided
  • Irish: féilire — system by which time is divided
  • Italian: calendario — system by which time is divided
  • Japanese: 暦 (koyomi) — system by which time is divided
  • Japanese: カレンダー (karendā) — system by which time is divided
  • Japanese: 暦法 (rekihō) — system by which time is divided
  • Kalmyk: лит (lit) — system by which time is divided
  • Kannada: ಪಂಚಾಂಗ (pañcāṅga) — system by which time is divided
  • Kazakh: күнтізбе (küntızbe) — system by which time is divided
  • Kazakh: күнпарақ (künparaq) — system by which time is divided
  • Khmer: បដិទិន (paʼdetɨn) — system by which time is divided
  • Khmer: ប្រតិទិន (prɑtetɨn) — system by which time is divided
  • Korean: 역법 (yeokbeop) — system by which time is divided
  • Korean: 력법 (ryeokbeop) — system by which time is divided
  • Korean: -력 (-ryeok) — system by which time is divided
  • Northern Kurdish: salname — system by which time is divided
  • Northern Kurdish: teqwîm — system by which time is divided
  • Kyrgyz: календарь (kalendar) — system by which time is divided
  • Kyrgyz: күнбарак (künbarak) — system by which time is divided
  • Kyrgyz: жылсанак (jılsanak) — system by which time is divided
  • Kyrgyz: жылнаама (jılnaama) — system by which time is divided
  • Lao: ປະຕິທີນ (pa ti thīn) — system by which time is divided
  • Latin: fastī — system by which time is divided
  • Latvian: kalendārs — system by which time is divided
  • Lithuanian: kalendorius — system by which time is divided
  • Luxembourgish: Kalenner — system by which time is divided
  • Macedonian: календар (kalendar) — system by which time is divided
  • Malay: kalendar — system by which time is divided
  • Malay: penanggalan — system by which time is divided
  • Malay: takwim — system by which time is divided
  • Malayalam: കാലഗണനാരീതി (kālagaṇanārīti) — system by which time is divided
  • Malayalam: കലണ്ടർ (kalaṇṭaṟ) — system by which time is divided
  • Maltese: kalendarju — system by which time is divided
  • Maltese: almanakk — system by which time is divided
  • Māori: maramataka — system by which time is divided
  • Mongolian: цагалбар (cagalbar) — system by which time is divided
  • Mongolian: хуанли (xuanli) — system by which time is divided
  • Mongolian: лит (lit) — system by which time is divided
  • Mongolian: календарь (kalendarʹ) — system by which time is divided
  • Navajo: náhidizídí — system by which time is divided
  • Norman: calendriyi — system by which time is divided
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Okinawan: 暦 (kuyumi) — system by which time is divided
  • Pannonian Rusyn: календар (kalendar) — system by which time is divided
  • Pashto: تقويم (taqwím) — system by which time is divided
  • Iranian Persian: تَقْویم (taġvim) — system by which time is divided
  • Iranian Persian: گاهشُماری (gâh-šomâri) — system by which time is divided
  • Iranian Persian: سالْنَما (sâlnamâ) — system by which time is divided
  • Iranian Persian: سالْنامِه (sâlnâme) — system by which time is divided
  • Plautdietsch: Kalenda — system by which time is divided
  • Polish: kalendarz — system by which time is divided
  • Portuguese: calendário — system by which time is divided
  • Romanian: calendar — system by which time is divided
  • Romansh: chalender — system by which time is divided
  • Romansh: calender — system by which time is divided
  • Russian: календа́рь (kalendárʹ) — system by which time is divided
  • Campidanese Sardinian: calendàriu — system by which time is divided
  • Sardinian: calendàriu — system by which time is divided
  • Sassarese: carandàriu — system by which time is divided
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan — system by which time is divided
  • Semai: surat gechèèq — system by which time is divided
  • Serbo-Croatian: калѐнда̄р — system by which time is divided
  • Serbo-Croatian: kalèndār — system by which time is divided
  • Sicilian: calannariu — system by which time is divided
  • Slovak: kalendár — system by which time is divided
  • Slovene: koledar — system by which time is divided
  • Spanish: calendario — system by which time is divided
  • Swahili: kalenda — system by which time is divided
  • Swedish: kalender — system by which time is divided
  • Tagalog: kalendaryo — system by which time is divided
  • Tajik: тақвим (taqvim) — system by which time is divided
  • Tamil: நாட்காட்டி (nāṭkāṭṭi) — system by which time is divided
  • Tatar: тәкъвим (täqwim) — system by which time is divided
  • Telugu: కేలండరు (kēlaṇḍaru) — system by which time is divided
  • Tetum: kalendáriu — system by which time is divided
  • Thai: ปฏิทิน (bpà-dtì-tin) — system by which time is divided
  • Northern Thai: ᨷᨠ᩠ᨡᨴᩨ᩠ᨶ — system by which time is divided
  • Tibetan: ལེ་ཐོ (le tho) — system by which time is divided
  • Turkish: takvim — system by which time is divided
  • Turkmen: kalendar — system by which time is divided
  • Ukrainian: календа́р (kalendár) — system by which time is divided
  • Urdu: تَقْوِیم (taqvīm) — system by which time is divided
  • Uyghur: كالېندار (kalëndar) — system by which time is divided
  • Uzbek: taqvim — system by which time is divided
  • Uzbek: kalendar — system by which time is divided
  • Vietnamese: lịch — system by which time is divided
  • Welsh: calendr — system by which time is divided
  • Yakut: халандаар (qalandaar) — system by which time is divided
  • Yiddish: קאַלענדאַר (kalendar) — system by which time is divided
  • Zazaki: sername (diq) — system by which time is divided
  • Afrikaans: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Arabic: تَقْوِيم (taqwīm) — means to determine the date
  • Armenian: օրացույց (ōracʻuycʻ) — means to determine the date
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ (surgāḏā) — means to determine the date
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܘܡܵܝܵܐ (yawmāyā) — means to determine the date
  • Basque: egutegi — means to determine the date
  • Bulgarian: календа́р (kalendár) — means to determine the date
  • Catalan: calendari — means to determine the date
  • Cherokee: ᏅᏓ ᏗᏎᏍᏗ (nvda disesdi) — means to determine the date
  • Czech: kalendář — means to determine the date
  • Dutch: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Estonian: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Finnish: kalenteri — means to determine the date
  • Finnish: almanakka — means to determine the date
  • French: calendrier — means to determine the date
  • Galician: almanaque — means to determine the date
  • Georgian: კალენდარი (ḳalendari) — means to determine the date
  • German: Kalender — means to determine the date
  • Greek: ημερολόγιο (imerológio) — means to determine the date
  • Hebrew: לוּחַ שָׁנָה (lúakh shaná) — means to determine the date
  • Hebrew: יוֹמָן (yomán) — means to determine the date
  • Hindi: जन्त्री (jantrī) — means to determine the date
  • Hindi: पत्रा (patrā) — means to determine the date
  • Hungarian: naptár — means to determine the date
  • Hungarian: kalendárium — means to determine the date
  • Hungarian: határidőnapló — means to determine the date
  • Icelandic: dagatal — means to determine the date
  • Indonesian: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Ingrian: kalendari — means to determine the date
  • Irish: féilire — means to determine the date
  • Italian: calendario — means to determine the date
  • Japanese: カレンダー (karendā) — means to determine the date
  • Jeju: ᄃᆞᆯ력 (dawllyeok) — means to determine the date
  • Kalmyk: лит (lit) — means to determine the date
  • Kazakh: күнпарақ (künparaq) — means to determine the date
  • Korean: 달력 (dallyeok) — means to determine the date
  • Korean: 캘린더 (kaellindeo) — means to determine the date
  • Southern Kurdish: ڕووژشمار (rûjişmar) — means to determine the date
  • Latin: calendarium — means to determine the date
  • Latvian: kalendārs — means to determine the date
  • Lithuanian: kalendorius — means to determine the date
  • Macedonian: календар (kalendar) — means to determine the date
  • Malagasy: kalandrier — means to determine the date
  • Malay: kalendar — means to determine the date
  • Malayalam: കലണ്ടർ (kalaṇṭaṟ) — means to determine the date
  • Maltese: kalendarju — means to determine the date
  • Māori: maramataka — means to determine the date
  • Navajo: yoołkáłí — means to determine the date
  • Navajo: náhidizídí — means to determine the date
  • Navajo: bikʼehgo náhidizídí — means to determine the date
  • Norman: calendriyi — means to determine the date
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Old English: gerīmbōc — means to determine the date
  • Polish: kalendarz — means to determine the date
  • Portuguese: calendário — means to determine the date
  • Romanian: calendar — means to determine the date
  • Russian: календа́рь (kalendárʹ) — means to determine the date
  • Campidanese Sardinian: calendàriu — means to determine the date
  • Sardinian: calendàriu — means to determine the date
  • Sassarese: carandàriu — means to determine the date
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan — means to determine the date
  • Serbo-Croatian: калѐнда̄р — means to determine the date
  • Serbo-Croatian: kalèndār — means to determine the date
  • Sicilian: calannariu — means to determine the date
  • Slovak: kalendár — means to determine the date
  • Slovene: koledar — means to determine the date
  • Spanish: calendario — means to determine the date
  • Swedish: kalender — means to determine the date
  • Turkish: takvim — means to determine the date
  • Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه (ruzname) — means to determine the date
  • Ukrainian: календа́р (kalendár) — means to determine the date
  • Unami: kishuxèkhikàn — means to determine the date
  • Urdu: تَقْوِیم (taqvīm) — means to determine the date
  • Urdu: جَنْتَری (jantarī) — means to determine the date
  • Urdu: پَتْرا (patrā) — means to determine the date
  • Vietnamese: lịch — means to determine the date
  • Welsh: calendr — means to determine the date
  • Yiddish: קאַלענדאַר (kalendar) — means to determine the date
  • Yoruba: kàlẹ́ńdà — means to determine the date
  • Zazaki: teqwim (diq) — means to determine the date
  • Afrikaans: kalender — list of planned events
  • Bulgarian: о́пис (ópis) — list of planned events
  • Bulgarian: спи́сък (spísǎk) — list of planned events
  • Catalan: calendari — list of planned events
  • Catalan: agenda — list of planned events
  • Czech: kalendář — list of planned events
  • Dutch: agenda — list of planned events
  • Dutch: schema — list of planned events
  • Dutch: kalender — list of planned events
  • Finnish: toimintakalenteri — list of planned events
  • Finnish: aikataulu — list of planned events
  • French: agenda — list of planned events
  • French: emploi du temps — list of planned events
  • French: programme — list of planned events
  • Greek: πρόγραμμα (prógramma) — list of planned events
  • Hebrew: לוּחַ זְמַנִּים (lúakh zmaním) — list of planned events
  • Hebrew: לו״ז (luz) — list of planned events
  • Hungarian: program — list of planned events
  • Hungarian: eseménylista — list of planned events
  • Indonesian: jadwal — list of planned events
  • Indonesian: agenda — list of planned events
  • Irish: sceideal — list of planned events
  • Italian: calendario — list of planned events
  • Kalmyk: лит (lit) — list of planned events
  • Lithuanian: kalendorius — list of planned events
  • Macedonian: календар (kalendar) — list of planned events
  • Macedonian: распоред (raspored) — list of planned events
  • Maltese: kalendarju — list of planned events
  • Norman: almonnas — list of planned events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kalender — list of planned events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kalender — list of planned events
  • Polish: kalendarz — list of planned events
  • Portuguese: agenda — list of planned events
  • Portuguese: calendário — list of planned events
  • Romanian: agendă — list of planned events
  • Romanian: program — list of planned events
  • Romanian: calendar — list of planned events
  • Russian: расписа́ние (raspisánije) — list of planned events
  • Scottish Gaelic: mìosachan — list of planned events
  • Slovak: kalendár — list of planned events
  • Spanish: agenda — list of planned events
  • Swedish: agenda — list of planned events
  • Turkish: takvim — list of planned events
  • Bulgarian: реги́стър (regístǎr) — orderly list
  • Finnish: luettelo — orderly list
  • Finnish: aikataulu — orderly list
  • Finnish: ohjelma — orderly list
  • Greek: πρόγραμμα (prógramma) — orderly list
  • Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — orderly list
  • Irish: liosta — orderly list
  • Russian: реги́стр (regístr) — orderly list
  • Bulgarian: насрочвам (nasročvam) — to set a date for a proceeding in court
  • Dutch: vastleggen — to set a date for a proceeding in court
  • Spanish: calendarizar — to set a date for a proceeding in court
  • Zazaki: areze — to set a date for a proceeding in court
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