tornassol
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to return”) + sol (“sun”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tornassol m (plural tornassols)
- sheen, iridescence
- 1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:
- A l'horitzó marí, el tornassol crepuscular, esmortint-se, moradejava.
- On the marine horizon, the crepuscular sheen, dying away, turned violet.
- dyer's croton (Chrozophora tinctoria)
- (historical) turnsole (dyestuff extracted from dyer's croton)
- litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichens)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tornassol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tornassol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tor‧nas‧sol
Noun edit
tornassol m (plural tornassóis)
- (uncountable) litmus (dyestuff extracted from lichen)
- sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus, characterised by their large, yellow floral head)
- Synonyms: girassol, helianto, heliotrópio