caprifolium
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See also: Caprifolium
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From caper (“goat”) + folium (“leaf”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.priˈfo.li.um/, [käprɪˈfɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.priˈfo.li.um/, [käpriˈfɔːlium]
Noun[edit]
caprifolium n (genitive caprifoliī or caprifolī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | caprifolium | caprifolia |
Genitive | caprifoliī caprifolī1 |
caprifoliōrum |
Dative | caprifoliō | caprifoliīs |
Accusative | caprifolium | caprifolia |
Ablative | caprifoliō | caprifoliīs |
Vocative | caprifolium | caprifolia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- Old French: chievrefoil, kievrefuel
- French: chèvrefeuille
- Norman: quièvrefeul
- Galician: cadrifollo, cabrifollo, cabrinfollo
- Italian: caprifoglio
- Romanian: caprifoi
- Spanish: caprifoliáceo
- Translingual: Caprifolium