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cyclamen

See also: Cyclamen

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Cyclamen graecum

Etymology

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Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.

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Noun

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cyclamen (plural cyclamens)

  2. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.
    Synonym: sowbread
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 268:
      An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
    • 1973, Patrick Millington Synge, In search of flowers:
      An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]

Descendants

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  • → Japanese: シクラメン (shikuramen)
  • → Korean: 시클라멘 (sikeullamen)
  • → Chinese: 仙客來 / 仙客来 (xiānkèlái)

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Etymology 1

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From Latin cyclamen.

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cyclamen n (plural cyclamens)

  1. (botany) Synonym of cyclaam
Usage notes
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  • This form is mostly used in technical contexts, cyclaam being the more standard choice.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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cyclamen

  1. plural of cyclaam

French

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Noun

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un cyclamen

cyclamen m (plural cyclamens)

  1. cyclamen

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Latin

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Noun

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cyclamen n (genitive cyclaminis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of cyclamīnos

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative cyclamen cyclamina
genitive cyclaminis cyclaminum
dative cyclaminī cyclaminibus
accusative cyclamen cyclamina
ablative cyclamine cyclaminibus
vocative cyclamen cyclamina

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References

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  • cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 460/3.
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