Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkɒləmbaɪn/
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Etymology 1
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From the Latin colombina herba (“dove-like plant”), the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons.
columbine (plural columbines)
- Any plant of the genus Aquilegia, having distinctive bell-shaped flowers with spurs on each petal.
Derived terms
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Translations
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any plant of the genus Aquilegia
- Albanian: kanilqyqe
- Armenian: ջրընկալ (hy) (ǰrənkal)
- Basque: kuku-belarra
- Belarusian: вадазбо́р (vadazbór), о́рлик (órlik)
- Breton: beskenn-an-Itron-Varia
- Bulgarian: кандилка (bg) (kandilka)
- Catalan: corniol m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 耬斗菜 (lóudǒucài)
- Czech: orlíček (cs)
- Danish: akeleje
- Dutch: akelei (nl)
- Esperanto: akvilegio
- Estonian: kurekell
- Faroese: akkuleya
- Finnish: akileija (fi)
- French: ancolie (fr) f
- Galician: arreitó (gl) m, paxariños (gl) m pl
- Georgian: წყალიკრეფია (c̣q̇aliḳrepia)
- German: Akelei (de) f
- Greek: ακουιλέγκια (akouilégkia)
- Hungarian: harangláb (hu), sasfű
- Icelandic: vatnsberi (is), vatnsberar pl
- Ido: aquilegio (io)
- Irish: colaimbín
- Italian: colombina (it) f, aquilegia (it)
- Japanese: 苧環 (odamaki), オダマキ (odamaki)
- Kashubian: kukùlëca
- Korean: 매발톱꽃 (maebaltopkkot)
- Latin: aquilegia
- Latvian: ozolīte
- Lithuanian: sinavadas
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: boerenklokjen (Veluws), klokjen (Veluws), akkelei(e) (Veluws), zwärfbloeme (Veluws), klokkebloeme (Drents)
- Macedonian: кандилка (kandilka)
- Manx: lus y chalmane, lus yn ushtey vio
- Occitan: corniol
- Polish: orlik (pl) m
- Portuguese: aquilégia (pt)
- Romanian: căldărușă (ro) f
- Russian: водосбо́р (ru) (vodosbór)
- Saterland Frisian: klokkebloume
- Scottish Gaelic: lus a' chlamain
- Serbo-Croatian: kandilka (sh), pakujac (sh)
- Slovak: orlíček
- Slovene: orlica (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: akelaja
- Spanish: colombina (es) f, aguileña (es)
- Swedish: akleja (sv)
- Turkish: hasekiküpesi (tr)
- Ukrainian: водозбі́р (vodozbír)
- Welsh: troed-y-golomen
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Etymology 2
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From Middle English columbyne, from Old French columbin (French colombin), from Latin columbinus, from columba (“dove, pigeon”).
Adjective
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columbine (comparative more columbine, superlative most columbine)
- (archaic) Pertaining to a dove or pigeon.
Translations
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pertaining to doves or pigeons