Dictionary

calumet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæljʊmɛt/

Etymology

From a Norman variant of Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Meanings

1. A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
   • THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
   • When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions. 2010, William Ingraham Kip, The Early Jesuit Missions in North America, page 283:

Forms

Synonyms

pipe of peace · peace pipe

Translations (6)

paw raktaawiskaaruʼ (pipe of peace) · pl kalumet (pipe of peace) · bg лула на мира (pipe of peace) · id kalumet (pipe of peace) · it calumet della pace (pipe of peace) · it pipa della pace (pipe of peace)