chrysalis

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (“golden”), because of the color of some of them.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krĭʹsəlĭs, IPA: /ˈkɹɪsəlɪs/, X-SAMPA: /"kr\Is@lIs/

Noun

chrysalis (plural chrysalises or chrysalides)

1. The pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section viii

     Fanny was afraid. She was like an insect new-hatched from its chrysalis, naked and unprotected in a dawn she could not face.

Translations

the pupa of a butterfly or moth

• Asturian: crisálida (ast) f
• Bulgarian: какавида (bg) (kakavida) f
• Catalan: crisàlide (ca) f
• Finnish: kotelo (fi)
• French: chrysalide (fr) f
• Galician: crisálide (gl) f, crisálida (gl) f
• German: Puppe (de) f
• Italian: crisalide (it)

• Malay: kepompong (ms)
• Polish: poczwarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: crisálida (pt) f, crisálide (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall (gd) m
• Spanish: crisálida (es) f
• Volapük: krüsalid (vo)