syringa

See also: Syringa

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Via Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin sȳrinx from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡə/

Noun

syringa (plural syringas)

1. (archaic) sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius).
2. Hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.
3. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ʁɛ̃.ɡa/

Noun

syringa m (plural syringas)

1. Alternative form of seringa

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

syringa (plural syringas)

1. syringe

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syːˈrin.ɡa/, [s̠yːˈrɪŋɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈrin.ɡa/, [siˈriŋɡä]
• Homophone: Sȳringa

Noun

sȳringa f

1. accusative singular of sȳrinx