caramelo
Portuguese
/kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈmɛ.lu/, /ka.ɾa.ˈmɛ.lu/, /ˌka.ɾa.ˈmɛ.lo/, /ˌka.ɾɐ.ˈmɛ.lʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) caramel (confection)
- candy made of caramel
- (generalisation) any candy
- ice, icicle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese caramelo inherited from Latin calamellus, calamus (reed, cane, calamus, a reed, stalk, sweet flag), cannamellis.
Origin
Latin
cannamellis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calamitic English
- calamus English
- caramel English
- calamellus Latin
- calamus Latin
- canamella Latin
- canna Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- Karamell German
- calamo Italian
- caramello Italian
- karamel Dutch, Flemish
- calame French
- caramel French
- caraméliser French
- chalumeau French
- chaume French
- караме́ль Russian
- карамель Russian
- acaramelar Spanish, Castilian
- caramelito Spanish, Castilian
- caramelizar Spanish, Castilian
- caramelo Spanish, Castilian
- caramillo Spanish, Castilian
- cálamo Spanish, Castilian
- manzana de caramelo Spanish, Castilian
- κάλαμος Ancient Greek
- karamell Norwegian Bokmål
- acaramelar Portuguese
- cálamo Portuguese
- karamell Swedish
- カラメル Japanese
- karmel Polish
- karamell Norwegian Nynorsk
- karamel Danish
- karamel Czech
- كراميل Arabic
- chalemel Old French
- caramel Catalan, Valencian
- kalmusrót Icelandic
- carambelo Galician
- carambo Galician
- cálamo Galician
- carâmb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- กะละแม Thai
- karmelitos Cebuano
- karamel Turkish
- caramelo Old Portuguese
- *caramblo Old Spanish