orchidée
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orchidée f (plural orchidées)
Descendants edit
- → German: Orchidee
- → Malagasy: orkide
- → Norwegian: orkidé
- → Romanian: orhidee
- → Swedish: orkidé
- → Turkish: orkide
Further reading edit
- “orchidée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.