Veronica
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Veronica (“Veronica”), probably after Saint Veronica, possibly for because of the flowers of some European species resembling the image on the Veil of Veronica in some way.
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Proper noun edit
Veronica f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – many species of herbaceous plants, many with blue flowers, including speedwells.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Plantaginaceae - family; Veroniceae
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Veronica subg. Beccabunga, Veronica subg. Chamaedrys, Veronica subg. Cochlidiosperma, Veronica subg. Derwentia, Veronica subg. Digitatae, Veronica subg. Fruticulosae, Veronica subg. Hebe, Veronica subg. Orientales, Veronica subg. Paederotella, Veronica subg. Pellidosperma, Veronica subg. Pocilla, Veronica subg. Pseudolysimachion, Veronica subg. Synthyris, Veronica subg. Veronica - subgenera
- Veronica officinalis (heath speedwell) - type species; for the numerous other species see Veronica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References edit
- Veronica (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Veronica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Veronica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon ("true image") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.
Proper noun edit
Veronica
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 128:
- My own name, Veronica — an ugly enough thing I had always thought, it sounded like either the ointment or the disease — was one her great favourites. St Veronica wiped the face of Christ on the road to Calvary and He left His face on her tea towel. Or the picture of His face. It was the first-ever photograph, she said.
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.
Proper noun edit
Veronica (plural Veronicas)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Veronica is the 34427th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Veronica is most common among Hispanic/Latino (77.36%) and White (17.48%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Veronica”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Late variant of Berenīcē, influenced by Ecclesiastical Latin vera icon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯e.roˈniː.ka/, [u̯ɛrɔˈniːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.roˈni.ka/, [veroˈniːkä]
Proper noun edit
Veronīca f (genitive Veronīcae); first declension
- (Late Latin) a female given name
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Veronīca | Veronīcae |
Genitive | Veronīcae | Veronīcārum |
Dative | Veronīcae | Veronīcīs |
Accusative | Veronīcam | Veronīcās |
Ablative | Veronīcā | Veronīcīs |
Vocative | Veronīca | Veronīcae |
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: Вероника (Veronika)
- → Czech: Veronika
- → Danish: Veronika
- → English: Veronica
- → Estonian: Veronika
- → Finnish: Veronika
- → French: Véronique
- → Galician: Verónica
- → German: Veronika
- → Hungarian: Veronika
- → Icelandic: Veróníka
- → Italian: Veronica
- → Latvian: Veronika
- → Lithuanian: Veronika
- → Macedonian: Вероника (Veronika)
- → Norwegian: Veronika
- → Polish: Weronika
- → Portuguese: Verônica
- → Romanian: Veronica
- → Russian: Вероника (Veronika)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: Veronika
- → Slovene: Veronika
- → Sorbian: Weronika
- → Spanish: Verónica
- → Swedish: Veronika
- → Ukrainian: Вероніка (Veronika)
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Proper noun edit
Veronica
- a female given name, equivalent to English Veronica
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Veronica f
- a female given name
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Veronica c (genitive Veronicas)
- Veronica. a female given name
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Verónicá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜈᜒᜃ)
- a female given name from Spanish