beladona

Galician

Etymology

From Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.laˈdo.na̝/

Noun

beladona f (plural beladonas)

1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belladonna, from bella donna (literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.laˈdõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.laˈdõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.laˈdo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.lɐˈdo.nɐ/ [bɨ.lɐˈðo.nɐ]

Noun

beladona f (plural beladonas)

1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beladǒːna/
• Hyphenation: be‧la‧do‧na

Noun

beladóna f (Cyrillic spelling беладо́на)

1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

   Synonym: velebilje