deciduous

WOTD – 24 August 2010    

English

Etymology

From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈsɪdʒʊəs/
• (US) IPA: /dɪˈsɪd.ju.əs/, /dəˈsɪd.ju.əs/, X-SAMPA: /dI"sId.ju.@s/, /d@"sId.ju.@s/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

deciduous (not comparable)

1. (biology) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
2. (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
3. transitory, ephemeral, not lasting

Antonyms

• (describing a part that falls off): persistent, permanent
• (of or pertaining to trees): evergreen

Derived terms

• deciduosity
• deciduously
• deciduousness
• deciduous tooth

Translations

describing a part that falls off, or is shed

• Armenian: գցվող (hy) (gc’voġ) , փոխվող (hy) (p’oxvoġ) , թափվող (hy) (t’ap’voġ) 
• French: décidual (fr)
• Korean: 탈락성 (ko) (tallaks’eong)

• Russian: сбрасываемый (ru) (sbrasyvajemyj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: geçici (tr)

of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season

• Armenian: սաղարթավոր (hy) (saġart’avor) 
• Bulgarian: листопаден (bg) (listopaden)
• Czech: opadavý (cs)
• Danish: løvfældende (da)
• Dutch: loof-
• Finnish: lehtensä pudottava, kesävihanta (fi)
• French: caduc (fr), caducifolié (fr)
• German: sommergrün (de), laubabwerfend (de)
• Greek: φυλλοβόλος (el) (fyllovólos) 
• Hungarian: lombhullató (hu)
• Italian: caduco (it)

• Korean: 낙엽성 (ko) (nagyeops’eong)
• Manx: yn-lhoamey (gv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: løvfellende (no)

  Nynorsk: lauvfellande (nn)

• Polish: liściasty (pl) m
• Russian: лиственный (ru) (listvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: seargach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: listopadni (sh)
• Spanish: deciduo (es), caducifolio (es), de hoja caduca (es)
• Turkish: yaprak döken (tr), yapraklarını döken (tr)

transitory, ephemeral, not lasting

• Armenian: անցողիկ (hy) (anc’oġik) , վաղանցուկ (hy) (vaġanc’uk) , անկայուն (hy) (ankayun) 
• Hungarian: múlékony (hu)
• Russian: быстротечный (ru) (bystrotečnyj)

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: geçici (tr)

External links

• Deciduous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia