Maltese cross

English

Maltese cross

Noun

Maltese cross (plural Maltese crosses)

1. A cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points
2. A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae
3. (gymnastics) A position on the rings where the gymnast's body is horizontal and straight, with arms to the side; a horizontal planche.
4. Synonym of Geneva wheel

Synonyms

• (Lychnis chalcedonica): burning love, dusky salmon, flower of Bristol, Jerusalem cross, nonesuch

Translations

cross

• Finnish: Maltan risti
• French: croix de Malte (fr) f
• German: Malteserkreuz (de) n
• Irish: Cros Mháltach f
• Portuguese: cruz de Malta f
• Swedish: malteserkors (sv) n, johanniterkors n, johannitkors n, maltakors n
• Ukrainian: мальтійський хре́ст (malʹtijsʹkyj xrést)

plant

• Estonian: loitev tulinelk
• Finnish: palavarakkaus
• French: lychnis croix de Malte ou croix de Jérusalem f
• German: Brennende Liebe f
• Hungarian: égőszerelem
• Romanian: arșinic (ro)