Calender

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈkælÉ™ndÉ™/
• US enPR: kălʹəndÉ™r, IPA: /ˈkælÉ™ndÉš/
• Homophones: calendar

• From French calandre, from Late Latin calendra, altered from Latin cylindrus ("cylinder"), from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος.
• This spelling calendar was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the chronological senses from the machine calender

Noun

1. Misspelling of calendar
2. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
3. One who pursues the business of calendering.

Synonyms

• (one in the business or trade of calendering) calendrer

Full definition of calender

Verb

1. To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine.

Derived terms

• supercalender

From Persian قلندر (qalandar, "wandering dervish"), from Arabic قلندار (qalandār, "wandering dervish"), itself from Persian کلندر (kalandar, "uncouth man"), from کلند (kaland, "rough, unshaven").

Noun

1. One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.