calypso

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) enPR: ku̇lĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
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  • (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ

Etymology 1[edit]

Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (come on), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso.

Noun[edit]

calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)

  1. A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.
    • 1959, V. S. Naipaul, “B. Wordsworth”, in Miguel Street:
      'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day.
      He said, 'You mean how I get money?'
      When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way.
      He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.'
      'And that last you the rest of the year?'
      'It is enough.'
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Verb[edit]

calypso (third-person singular simple present calypsos, present participle calypsoing, simple past and past participle calypsoed)

  1. (intransitive) To perform calypso.

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Etymology 2[edit]

calypso (Calypso bulbosa)

From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ, name of a sea nymph)

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Noun[edit]

calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)

  1. A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
  2. A light blue color. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    calypso:  
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References[edit]

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

< English calypso

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlypso/, [ˈkɑ̝lyps̠o̞]

Noun[edit]

calypso

  1. calypso (style of music)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of calypso (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative calypso calypsot
genitive calypson calypsojen
calypsoiden
calypsoitten
partitive calypsoa calypsoja
calypsoita
illative calypsoon calypsoihin
singular plural
nominative calypso calypsot
accusative nom. calypso calypsot
gen. calypson
genitive calypson calypsojen
calypsoiden
calypsoitten
partitive calypsoa calypsoja
calypsoita
inessive calypsossa calypsoissa
elative calypsosta calypsoista
illative calypsoon calypsoihin
adessive calypsolla calypsoilla
ablative calypsolta calypsoilta
allative calypsolle calypsoille
essive calypsona calypsoina
translative calypsoksi calypsoiksi
abessive calypsotta calypsoitta
instructive calypsoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of calypso (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative calypsoni calypsoni
accusative nom. calypsoni calypsoni
gen. calypsoni
genitive calypsoni calypsojeni
calypsoideni
calypsoitteni
partitive calypsoani calypsojani
calypsoitani
inessive calypsossani calypsoissani
elative calypsostani calypsoistani
illative calypsooni calypsoihini
adessive calypsollani calypsoillani
ablative calypsoltani calypsoiltani
allative calypsolleni calypsoilleni
essive calypsonani calypsoinani
translative calypsokseni calypsoikseni
abessive calypsottani calypsoittani
instructive
comitative calypsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative calypsosi calypsosi
accusative nom. calypsosi calypsosi
gen. calypsosi
genitive calypsosi calypsojesi
calypsoidesi
calypsoittesi
partitive calypsoasi calypsojasi
calypsoitasi
inessive calypsossasi calypsoissasi
elative calypsostasi calypsoistasi
illative calypsoosi calypsoihisi
adessive calypsollasi calypsoillasi
ablative calypsoltasi calypsoiltasi
allative calypsollesi calypsoillesi
essive calypsonasi calypsoinasi
translative calypsoksesi calypsoiksesi
abessive calypsottasi calypsoittasi
instructive
comitative calypsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative calypsomme calypsomme
accusative nom. calypsomme calypsomme
gen. calypsomme
genitive calypsomme calypsojemme
calypsoidemme
calypsoittemme
partitive calypsoamme calypsojamme
calypsoitamme
inessive calypsossamme calypsoissamme
elative calypsostamme calypsoistamme
illative calypsoomme calypsoihimme
adessive calypsollamme calypsoillamme
ablative calypsoltamme calypsoiltamme
allative calypsollemme calypsoillemme
essive calypsonamme calypsoinamme
translative calypsoksemme calypsoiksemme
abessive calypsottamme calypsoittamme
instructive
comitative calypsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative calypsonne calypsonne
accusative nom. calypsonne calypsonne
gen. calypsonne
genitive calypsonne calypsojenne
calypsoidenne
calypsoittenne
partitive calypsoanne calypsojanne
calypsoitanne
inessive calypsossanne calypsoissanne
elative calypsostanne calypsoistanne
illative calypsoonne calypsoihinne
adessive calypsollanne calypsoillanne
ablative calypsoltanne calypsoiltanne
allative calypsollenne calypsoillenne
essive calypsonanne calypsoinanne
translative calypsoksenne calypsoiksenne
abessive calypsottanne calypsoittanne
instructive
comitative calypsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative calypsonsa calypsonsa
accusative nom. calypsonsa calypsonsa
gen. calypsonsa
genitive calypsonsa calypsojensa
calypsoidensa
calypsoittensa
partitive calypsoaan
calypsoansa
calypsojaan
calypsoitaan
calypsojansa
calypsoitansa
inessive calypsossaan
calypsossansa
calypsoissaan
calypsoissansa
elative calypsostaan
calypsostansa
calypsoistaan
calypsoistansa
illative calypsoonsa calypsoihinsa
adessive calypsollaan
calypsollansa
calypsoillaan
calypsoillansa
ablative calypsoltaan
calypsoltansa
calypsoiltaan
calypsoiltansa
allative calypsolleen
calypsollensa
calypsoilleen
calypsoillensa
essive calypsonaan
calypsonansa
calypsoinaan
calypsoinansa
translative calypsokseen
calypsoksensa
calypsoikseen
calypsoiksensa
abessive calypsottaan
calypsottansa
calypsoittaan
calypsoittansa
instructive
comitative calypsoineen
calypsoinensa

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

calypso m (plural calypsos)

  1. calypso

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English calypso.

Noun[edit]

calypso n (plural calypsouri)

  1. calypso

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

calypso c

  1. calypso (type of music or dance)
    en glad calypso om våren
    a happy calypso in spring

Declension[edit]

Declension of calypso 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative calypso calypson calypsor calypsorna
Genitive calypsos calypsons calypsors calypsornas

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