Squid – le calmar

To remember that Squid is pronounced kal-mar (calmar) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The squid's calligraphy marks (calmar) on the wall did not impress his housemate.

Calmar is masculine, so it's le calmar. Imagine the early learner squeezing ink out of a squid.

Examples of calmar (squid) in a sentence

Le calmar éjecte de l'encre pour échapper aux prédateurs en pleine mer.

(The squid ejects ink to escape predators in the open sea.)

On va monter un stand pour vendre du calamar.

(We are going to set up a stall to sell squid.)

Les calmars sont en effet la nourriture de prédilection des cachalots.

(Squid are indeed the favorite food of sperm whales.)