lavendel

See also: Lavendel

Danish

Noun

lavendel c (definite singular lavendelen or lavendlen, indefinite plural lavendler, definite plural lavendlerne)

1. (botany) lavender (a bush of the Lavandula species)
2. lavender (dried flowers etc. from the lavender bush used in scent bags, for example)
3. lavender (a light violet colour) (uncountable, indefinite singular only)

Adjective

lavendel (uninflected)

1. lavender (of a light violet colour)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːˈvɛn.dəl/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ven‧del

Noun

lavendel f or n (uncountable)

1. lavender (plant) f
2. the color of lavender n

Anagrams

• vallende

Estonian

Lavendliõis

Etymology

From German Lavendel, ultimately from Medieval Latin lavendula, influenced by the verb lavō (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑˈvend̥el/, [lɑˈvend̥el]
• Rhymes: -endel
• Hyphenation: la‧ven‧del

Noun

lavendel (genitive lavendli, partitive lavendlit)

1. (botany) lavender (Lavandula)

Declension

Declension of lavendel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lavendel	lavendlid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lavendli
genitive			lavendlite
partitive		lavendlit	lavendleid
illative		lavendlisse	lavendlitesse lavendleisse
inessive		lavendlis	lavendlites lavendleis
elative		lavendlist	lavendlitest lavendleist
allative		lavendlile	lavendlitele lavendleile
adessive		lavendlil	lavendlitel lavendleil
ablative		lavendlilt	lavendlitelt lavendleilt
translative		lavendliks	lavendliteks lavendleiks
terminative		lavendlini	lavendliteni
essive		lavendlina	lavendlitena
abessive		lavendlita	lavendliteta
comitative		lavendliga	lavendlitega

Compounds

• lavendelsinine
• lavendlilõhn
• lavendliseep
• lavendliõli

References

• lavendel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “lavendel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009