calypso

See also: Calypso

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)

  1. A type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.
Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To perform calypso.

Etymology 2

calypso (Calypso bulbosa)

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

Wikispecies

Noun

calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)

  1. A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
  2. A light blue color.
    calypso colour:  

References

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

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

calypso c

  1. calypso; a type of music or dance

Declension

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