orchidée

See also: orchidee, orchideę, and Orchidee

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ki.de/

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Noun

orchidée f (plural orchidées)

1. orchid

Descendants

• → German: Orchidee
  • → Dutch: orchidee
  • → Estonian: orhidee
• → Malagasy: orkide
• → Norwegian: orkidé
• → Romanian: orhidee
• → Swedish: orkidé
• → Turkish: orkide

Further reading

• “orchidée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.