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