calendar
UK/ˈkæl.ən.də//ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/
calendar noun: any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
Noun
calendar (plural calendars)
- Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
- The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.
- A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
- Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.
- A list of planned events.
- The club has a busy calendar this year.
- An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
- a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court
- Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of Tempeſts in State; which are commonly greateſt, when Things grow to Equality; As naturall Tempeſts are greateſt about the Æquinoctia.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles. XV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 76
- An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)
Verb
calendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)
- 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.
- To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
- Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
calendar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
calendar in Hindi
- system by which time is divided
- कालदर्शक kāldarśak, पंचांग pañcāṅg
- means to determine the date
- जन्त्री jantrī, पत्रा patrā
calendar in Tamil
- system by which time is divided
- நாட்காட்டி nāṭkāṭṭi
calendar in Marathi
- दिनदर्शिका, दिनदर्शिकेला
calendar in Urdu
- system by which time is divided
- تَقْوِیم taqvīm
- means to determine the date
- تَقْوِیم taqvīm, جَنْتَری jantarī, پَتْرا patrā
More languagesFewer languages
- calendar in Bengali
- পঞ্জিকা ponjika
- calendar in Telugu
- కేలండరు kēlaṇḍaru
- calendar in Malayalam
- കാലഗണനാരീതി kālagaṇanārīti, കലണ്ടർ kalaṇṭaṟ
- calendar in Kannada
- ಪಂಚಾಂಗ pañcāṅga
- calendar in Punjabi
- ਕਲੰਡਰ kalaṇḍar, ਜੰਤਰੀ jantrī, ਪੰਚਾਂਗ pañcāṅg
- calendar in Gujarati
- તારીખિયું tārīkhiyũ, કેલેંડર kelenḍar
- calendar in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାଲେଣ୍ଡରିଂ
- calendar in Assamese
- দিনপঞ্জী dinopoñzi
- calendar in Nepali
- क्यालेन्डर, क्यालेन्डरिंग, क्यालेन्डरिङ
- calendar in Pashto
- تقويم taqwím
- calendar in Tagalog
- kalendaryo
- calendar in Arabic
- تَقْوِيم taqwīm
- calendar in Malay
- kalendar, penanggalan, takwim
- calendar in Indonesian
- kalender, jadwal, agenda
- calendar in Thai
- ปฏิทิน bpà-dtì-tin
- calendar in Vietnamese
- lịch
- calendar in Myanmar
- ပြက္ခဒိန် prakhka.din
Examples of calendar in a sentence
- According to the Metonic cycle, a lunar calendar begins on the same solar date every 19 years.
- Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.
- He tore the page for Thursday from his day by day calendar.
Synonyms of calendar
Forms of calendar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | calendars |
| alternative form (archaic) | kalendar |
| alternative form (obsolete) | calender |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | calendars |
| present participle | calendaring |
| past participle | calendared |
| past | calendared |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from calendar
- calendar anomaly
- calendar clock
- calendar day
- calendar effect
- calendarer
- calendar girl
- calendarial
- calendaric
- calendarise
- calendarist
- calendaristic
- calendarization
- calendarize
- calendarless
- calendarlike
- calendar method
- calendar month
- calendar spread
- calendar versioning
- calendar year
- calendic
- calendographer
- calendric
- calendrical
- calendrics
- calendry
- extracalendar
- miscalendar
Phrases with calendar
- calendar call
- calendar days
- desk calendar
- calendar calls
- calendar girls
- calendar years
- lunar calendar
- solar calendar
- Advent calendar
- calendar clocks
- calendar months
- cosmic calendar
20 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Hebrew calendar
- Jewish calendar
- Julian calendar
- calendar effects
- calendar methods
- calendar spreads
- desktop calendar
- Islamic calendar
- Ramadan calendar
- diagonal calendar
- calendar anomalies
- Gregorian calendar
- lunisolar calendar
- reverse Advent calendar
- Mayan Long Count calendar
- proleptic Julian calendar
- French Republican Calendar
- Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar
- Mesoamerican Long Count calendar
- Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar
Words that rhyme with calendar
Questions about calendar
- What does calendar mean?
- Calendar means any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
- What is calendar in Hindi?
- Calendar in Hindi is कालदर्शक (kāldarśak), पंचांग (pañcāṅg), जन्त्री (jantrī). See Calendar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is calendar?
- Calendar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce calendar?
- Calendar is pronounced /ˈkæl.ən.də/ (UK).
- What is the plural of calendar?
- The plural of calendar is calendars.
Words near calendar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: calendar (page history and authors); calendar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਕਲੰਡਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કેલેંડર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); calendar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calendar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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