edelweiss

See also Edelweiß

English

WOTD – 31 May 2008    

An edelweiss.

Wikipedia

Etymology

From German Edelweiß, from edel (“noble”) + weiß (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeːdəlvaɪs/

Noun

edelweiss (usually uncountable; plural edelweisses)

1. A European perennial alpine plant, Leontopodium alpinum, with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

Translations

a European perennial alpine plant

• Arabic: إديلويس (ar) ('idilways) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雪絨花 (cmn), 雪绒花 (cmn) (xuěrónghuā)

• French: edelweiss (fr) m
• German: Edelweiß (de) n
• Greek: εντελβάις (el) (edelváis)
• Italian: stella alpina (it) f

• Japanese: エーデルワイス (ja) (ēderuwaisu)
• Korean: 에델바이스 (ko) (edelbaiseu)
• Romanian: floare-de-colț (ro) f, edelvais (ro) m
• Russian: эдельвейс (ru) (edel'véjs) m
• Serbo-Croatian: рунолист (sh) m, runolist (sh) m, планинка (sh) f, planinka (sh) f

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French

Etymology

From German, see above.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

edelweiss m (plural edelweiss)

1. edelweiss