calamari

/kæləˈmɑːɹi/

calamari

English Noun Top 23,815

Definition

Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).