dandelion
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dandelion
- /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ US
- /ˈdæn.diˌlaɪ.ən/ US
- /ˈdæn.dɪˌlaɪ.ən/ UK
- /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English dentdelyon, from Old French dent de lion (“lion's tooth”), also in Latin dēns leōnis, referring to the jagged shape of the plant's leaves. The term is now rare in French (together with liondent, calque from Germanic), but compare Spanish diente de león, Portuguese dente-de-leão, Italian dente di leone, German Löwenzahn, Norwegian Bokmål løvetann, Welsh dant y llew, all descendants, calques, or loan translations of the Latin term. First attested in the late 14th c.
Displaced various words, including native Old English ǣġwyrt, native Middle English houndes-tooth, and English tell-time and swine's snout; and mostly displaced English cankerwort, monk's head, and pissabed.
noun dandelions
- Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). the sanguine hue of the poppy and the hibiscus, the gold of the daisy and dandelion, the dark green of the sorrage on either side, and the blue and purple of the blossoming mulberry and sycamore
- The flower head or fruiting head of the dandelion plant.
- A yellow colour, like that of the flower.
adjective
- Of a yellow colour, like that of the flower.
Translations
Every language
noun color of a dandelion flower, dandelion color, dandelion yellow
| Español | color leonado, color aleonado |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Löwenzahnfarbe, Löwenzahngelb |
noun plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum
| Español | diente de león, diente leonés |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 민들레 mindeulle |
| 日本語 | たんぽぽ tanpopo |
| 中文 | 蒲公英 púgōngyīng |
| हिन्दी | डेंडिलियन ḍenḍiliyan |
| Português | dente-de-leão |
| Français | pissenlit, dent-de-lion, baraban |
| Deutsch | Löwenzahn, Hundeblume, Kuhblume, Pusteblume, Butterblume |
| Italiano | soffione, dente di leone |
| Ελληνικά | αγριοραδίκι agrioradíki |
| Română | păpădie |
| Русский | одува́нчик oduvánčik |
| Tiếng Việt | bồ công anh |
| العربية | هِنْدِبَاء hindibāʔ, طَرْخَشْقُون ṭarḵašqūn, مُرّ murr |
| עברית | מרגנית marganít, שינן šinán, סביון savyón |
adj of a yellow colour
| Español | leonado, aleonado |
|---|---|
| Français | pissenlit |
| Deutsch | löwenzahnfarbig, löwenzahngelb |
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