Calvados Definition

kălvə-dōs, kălvə-dōs
noun
A French brandy distilled from apple cider.
Webster's New World

(countable) A glass of this spirit.

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pronoun

A département of France, in the Basse-Normandie region.

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Other Word Forms of Calvados

Noun

Singular:
calvados
Plural:
calvadoses

Origin of Calvados

  • French after Calvados , a department of northwest France

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the department of Calvados

    From Wiktionary

Calvados Sentence Examples

  • Calvados the former was 904,000, as against 857,000 in the Cantal latter year, the diminution being acconipanied by Charente a decrease in the annual number of deaths.

  • The other chief producers were Pyrnes-Orientales, Calvados, Haute-Marne (Vassy) and Saneet-Loire (Mazenay and Change).

  • Elie De Beaumont, Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Leonce (1798-1874), French geologist, was born at Canon, in Calvados, on the 25th of September 1798.

  • He had meanwhile been sent to suppress revolts in the districts of Rhone, Eure, Calvados and Finistere, where he had been able to pursue a conciliatory policy.

  • Chenedolle, Charles Julien Lioult De (1769-1833), French poet, was born at Vire (Calvados) on the 4th of November 1769.

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