Meanings
calliope1
plural calliopes
- A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
Synonyms: calliaphone, steam organ, steam piano
Calliope2
- astronomy22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name.
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
calliope · noun
- Ancient GreekΚαλλιόπη“Calliope, the muse of poetry”
- Englishcalliope
From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē, “Calliope, the muse of poetry”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Calliope · proper noun
- Ancient GreekΚαλλιόπη
- LatinCalliope
- EnglishCalliope
From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη
- Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Arabic كاليوبي
- كاليوبي (kalyawbi)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Basque Kaliope
- Kaliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Bulgarian Калиопа
- Калиопа (Kaliopa)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Catalan Cal·líope
- Cal·líopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Chinese Mandarin 卡利俄佩
- 卡利俄佩 (Kǎlì'épèi)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Czech Kalliopé
- Kalliopéthe Muse of eloquence and epic
Danish Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Dutch draaiorgel, pirement
- draaiorgelmusical organ
- pirementmusical organ
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Esperanto Kaliopo
- Kaliopothe Muse of eloquence and epic
Estonian Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Finnish Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
French Calliope
- Calliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
German Dampforgel, Kalliope
- Dampforgelmusical organ
- Kalliopemusical organ
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Greek Καλλιόπη
- Καλλιόπη (Kalliópi)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Hebrew קאליופה
- קאליופהthe Muse of eloquence and epic
Hungarian Kalliopé
- Kalliopéthe Muse of eloquence and epic
Icelandic Kallíópa
- Kallíópathe Muse of eloquence and epic
Indonesian Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Italian Calliope
- Calliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Japanese カリオペー
- カリオペー (Kariopē)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Korean 칼리오페
- 칼리오페 (Kalliope)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Latin Calliope
- Calliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Lithuanian Kaliopė
- Kaliopėthe Muse of eloquence and epic
Norwegian Bokmål Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Polish Kaliope, Kalliope
- Kaliopemusical organ
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Portuguese Calíope
- Calíopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Romanian Calliope
- Calliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Russian Каллио́па
- Каллио́па (Kalliópa)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Slovak Kalliopé, Kalliopa
- Kalliopéthe Muse of eloquence and epic
- Kalliopathe Muse of eloquence and epic
Spanish calíope, Calíope
- calíopemusical organ
- Calíopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Swedish Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Turkish Kalliope
- Kalliopethe Muse of eloquence and epic
Ukrainian Калліо́па
- Калліо́па (Kalliópa)the Muse of eloquence and epic
Cite this entry
calliope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calliope
“calliope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calliope. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calliope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calliope.
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