cyclamen
See also: Cyclamen
English
editEtymology
editBorrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.
Noun
editcyclamen (plural cyclamens)
- 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
editTranslations
editA type of plant
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Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcyclamen n (plural cyclamens)
Usage notes
edit- This form is mostly used in technical contexts, cyclaam being the more standard choice.
Derived terms
edit- cyclaam (back-formation)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editcyclamen
French
editNoun
editcyclamen m (plural cyclamens)
Further reading
edit- “cyclamen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈky.kla.men/, [ˈkʏkɫ̪ämɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kla.men/, [ˈt͡ʃiːklämen]
Noun
editcyclamen n (genitive cyclaminis); third declension
- Alternative form of cyclamīnos
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
Genitive | cyclaminis | cyclaminum |
Dative | cyclaminī | cyclaminibus |
Accusative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
Ablative | cyclamine | cyclaminibus |
Vocative | cyclamen | cyclamina |
Descendants
edit- → Bulgarian: циклама (ciklama)
- → Catalan: ciclamen
- → English: cyclamen
- → French: cyclamen
- → German: Zyklamen
- → Hungarian: ciklámen
- → Polish: cycklamen
- → Portuguese: ciclame
- → Russian: цикламен (ciklamen)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ciklama / циклама
- → Spanish: ciclamen
- → Swedish: cyklamen
- → Translingual: Cyclamen
- → Turkish: siklamen
References
edit- cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 460/3.
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