nigella
See also: Nigella
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella. Doublet of nielle.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nigella (countable and uncountable, plural nigellas)
- Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.
- The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.
SynonymsEdit
- (flower): love-in-a-mist
- (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
plant of the genus Nigella
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spice — see black caraway
Further readingEdit
- nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella, from the feminine of Latin nigellus. Cf. also niello.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nigella f (plural nigelle)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Substantivization of the feminine of nigellus (“blackish”). Attested ca. 400 CE.[1]
NounEdit
nigella f (genitive nigellae); first declension
- (Late Latin) Nigella sativa (plant)
DescendantsEdit
- Balkan Romance:
- ⇒? Romanian: neghină
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “nĭgĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 128
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
nigella
- inflection of nigellus:
AdjectiveEdit
nigellā