kalende

Etymology
From, a singular form back-formed from ,.

Noun

 * 1) Calends, the first day of a month, particularly a Roman month.
 * 2) * 14th century, John Trevisa translating Bartholomaeus Anglicus's De Proprietatibus Rerum, folio 119:
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- Þe caniculer dayes biginnyth in þe fiftenþe kalendis of august and endiþ in þe nonis of septembris, and so þey ben euene fifty as it is seide þere.


 * 1) A day calculated by counting the number of days left in a month and adding two, then noting the next month; a calends.
 * 2) Rosh Hodesh; the Jewish celebration of a month beginning.
 * 3) The start or commencement of something; that which begins.
 * 4) A foresign or portent of upcoming events or happenings.
 * 5)  A chart or calendar.
 * 1)  A chart or calendar.

Usage notes
The plural is frequently used in a singular sense, following the Latin.