hyacinth

See also Hyacinth

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huakinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), but ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/

Noun

hyacinth (plural hyacinths)

1. Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
2. A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow.

Translations

plant of the genus Hyacinthus

• Armenian: հակինթ (hy) (hakint’) 
• Asturian: xacintu (ast) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風信子 (cmn) (fēngxìnzǐ)

• Czech: hyacint (cs) m
• Dutch: hyacint (nl) f
• French: jacinthe (fr) f
• German: Hyazinthe (de) f
• Hebrew: יקינתון (he) m
• Hungarian: jácint (hu)
• Irish: hiasaint (ga) f
• Italian: giacinto (it) m
• Kurdish: sumbul (ku)

• Persian: سنبل (fa) (sombol)
• Polish: hiacynt (pl) m
• Portuguese: jacinto (pt) m
• Romanian: zambilă (ro) f, iacint (ro) m
• Russian: гиацинт (ru) (giacínt) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зумбул (sh) m

  Roman: zumbul (sh) m

• Spanish: jacinto (es) m
• Swahili: hiakintho (sw), yasintho (sw)
• Turkish: sümbül (tr)
• Welsh: hiasinth (cy) m, iacinth (cy) m
• West Frisian: hyasint (fy)