daisy

See also Daisy

English

Wikipedia

Bellis perennis

Etymology

Old English dæġes ēaġe (“day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdeɪ.zi/, SAMPA: /"deI.zi/
• Rhymes: -eɪzi

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

1. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
2. Many other flowering plants of various species.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Boots or other footwear. From daisy roots.

Derived terms

• daisy chain
• fresh as a daisy
• pushing up daisies
• whoops-a-daisy
• whoopsy-daisy
• upsy-daisy

Translations

Bellis perennis

Armenian: մարգարտածաղիկ (hy) (margartaçaġik) Bulgarian: паричка (bg) f., маргаритка (bg) f. Burmese: ဒေစီ (my) (desi) Croatian: tràtīnčica (hr) f. Czech: sedmikráska chudobka (cs) f. Danish: tusindfryd (da) Dutch: madeliefje (nl) n. Faroese: summardái (fo) m. Finnish: kaunokainen (fi), tuhatkauno (fi) French: pâquerette (fr) f., marguerite (fr) f. Galician: margarida f. German: Gänseblümchen (de) n. Hindi: gule bahaar (hi) f. Hungarian: százszorszép (hu)

Irish: nóinín (ga) m. Italian: pratolina (it) f., margheritina (it) f. Japanese: 雛菊 (ja) (hinagiku), 火無菊 Luxembourgish: Margréitchen (lb) f. Norwegian: tusenfryd (no) m. Portuguese: margarida-vulgar f. Russian: маргаритка (ru) (margarítka) f. Scottish Gaelic: neòinean (gd) f. Slovak: sedmokráska (sk) f. Spanish: margarita común (es) f., chiribita (es) f. Swahili: jaja (sw) Swedish: tusensköna (sv) c. Turkish: papatya (tr)

commonly used term for related flowers

Dutch: margriet (nl) m. and f. Finnish: päivänkakkara (fi) (oxeye daisy) French: marguerite (fr) f. Italian: margherita (it) f.

Norwegian: margaritt (no) m. Swahili: jaja (sw) Turkish: papatya (tr)

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Arabic: زهر اللؤلؤ (zahr al-lu’lú’) m. Maltese: margerita f. Old English: dæġes ēaġe (ang) n. Portuguese: margarida f. Romanian: margaretă (ro) f. Spanish: margarita (es) f.

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