edelweiss
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English[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Edelweiss_20060730.jpg/220px-Edelweiss_20060730.jpg)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Edelweiß, from edel (“noble”) + weiß (“white”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈeɪdəlvaɪs/
Noun[edit]
edelweiss (usually uncountable, plural edelweisses)
- A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 297:
- And that will mean farewell to the edelweiss, adieu the eider goose.
Translations[edit]
Leontopodium alpinum
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Edelweiß.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
edelweiss n or m (plural edelweissen, diminutive edelweissje n)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
edelweiss
- Synonym of alppitähti.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of edelweiss (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | edelweiss | edelweissit | ||
genitive | edelweissin | edelweissien | ||
partitive | edelweissia | edelweisseja | ||
illative | edelweissiin | edelweisseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | edelweiss | edelweissit | ||
accusative | nom. | edelweiss | edelweissit | |
gen. | edelweissin | |||
genitive | edelweissin | edelweissien | ||
partitive | edelweissia | edelweisseja | ||
inessive | edelweississa | edelweisseissa | ||
elative | edelweissista | edelweisseista | ||
illative | edelweissiin | edelweisseihin | ||
adessive | edelweissilla | edelweisseilla | ||
ablative | edelweissilta | edelweisseilta | ||
allative | edelweissille | edelweisseille | ||
essive | edelweissina | edelweisseina | ||
translative | edelweissiksi | edelweisseiksi | ||
abessive | edelweissitta | edelweisseitta | ||
instructive | — | edelweissein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Edelweiß. See English edelweiss.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
edelweiss m (plural edelweiss)
Further reading[edit]
- “edelweiss” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
- “edelweiss” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “edelweiss” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “edelweiss”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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