calender

Etymology 1

 * From, from , altered from , from ..
 * This spelling was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the machine from the chronological senses of.

Noun

 * 1) Calander - Pressing Machine.JPG 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.
 * 2) One who pursues the business of calendering.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَاكِينَة صَقْل اَلْوَرَق
 * Bulgarian: каландър
 * Dutch: kalendermachine,, stofglanzer
 * Finnish:
 * French: calendre
 * German:
 * Japanese:, 光沢機
 * Ottoman Turkish: جندره
 * Polish:, gładziarka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: panggupilpil

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 a calender.

Translations

 * Arabic: صَقَلَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: kalanteroida
 * German: kalandern
 * Ido:
 * Polish: kalendrować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: gupilpilin

Etymology 2
From, from , itself from Early , from.

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.

Translations

 * French:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Portuguese: calênder