tulip
English
editEtymology
editFrom French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtulɪp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːlɪp/, /ˈtʃuːlɪp/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
edittulip (plural tulips)
- A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
- 1876 April, “The Tulip Mania”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume LII, number CCCXL:
- "The sturdy burghers of Holland took the tulip mania so badly that single bulbs that could not flower till another year would sell for more than $2000 apiece."
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
- The flower of this plant.
Derived terms
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Translations
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See also
edit- tulip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tulipa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Tulipa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
editVietnamese
editAlternative forms
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editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tu˧˧ lip̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʊw˧˧ lip̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊw˧˧ lip̚˦˥]
- Phonetic spelling: tu líp
Noun
edit(classifier cây, bông, hoa) tulip
- a tulip
- Synonyms: uất kim hương, uất kim cương
Volapük
editNoun
edittulip (nominative plural tulips)
Declension
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