lilac

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English

Etymology

From Arabic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈlaɪlək/

Noun

lilac (plural lilacs)

1. a large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.
2. lilac flowers
3. (colour) a pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.

   lilac colour:

Translations

shrub

Arabic: ليلك (leylak) Armenian: յասաման (hy) (yasaman) Bosnian: jorgovan m. Croatian: jorgovan m. Dutch: sering (nl), seringen (nl) pl. Finnish: syreeni (fi) French: lilas (fr) m. German: Flieder (de) m. Greek: πασχαλιά (el) (paschaliá) f. Hindi: बकायन (hi) (bakāyan) f. Hungarian: orgona (hu), orgonabokor (hu), orgonafa (hu) Italian: lillà (it) m. Japanese: ライラック (rairakku)

Latvian: ceriņš (lv) m., ceriņi (lv) pl. Persian: یاس شیروانی (yās-e širvāni) Polish: lilak (pl) m. Portuguese: lilás (pt) m. Russian: сирень (sirén’) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: јоргован m. Roman: jorgovan m. Spanish: lila (es) f. Swedish: syren (sv) c., syrenbuske (sv) c. Turkish: leylak (tr) Urdu: بکاین (ur) (bakāyan) f. Volapük: süren (vo)

flower

Armenian: յասաման (hy) (yasaman) Bosnian: jorgovan m. Breton: lireu (br) Chinese: Mandarin: 丁香 (zh) Cornish: laylok (kw) Croatian: jorgovan m. Danish: syren (da) Dutch: sering (nl) Finnish: syreeninkukka French: lilas (fr) m. Georgian: იასამანი (ka) (iasamani) German: Flieder m., Zartlila n. Greek: πασχαλιά (el) (paschaliá) f. Hindi: बकायन (hi) (bakāyan) f. Hungarian: orgona (hu), orgonavirág (hu) Italian: lillà (it) m. Japanese: ライラックの花 (rairakku no hana) Manx: laylac (gv)

Northern Sotho: perese Norwegian: syrin (no) Persian: یاس شیروانی (yās-e širvāni) Portuguese: lilás (pt) m. Romanian: liliac (ro) m. Russian: сирень (sirén’) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: јоргован m. Roman: jorgovan m. Spanish: lila (es) f. Sranan: lila Swedish: syren (sv) c. Tatar: şomırt (tt) Turkish: leylak Urdu: بکاین (ur) (bakāyan) f. West Frisian: nageltsjebeam (fy)

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 淡紫色 (zh) Dutch: lila (nl) Finnish: liila (fi), violetti (fi) French: lilas (fr) Hungarian: orgonalila (hu), halványlila (hu) Italian: lilla (it) n.

Japanese: ライラック色 (rairakkuiro) Portuguese: lilás (pt) m. Russian: сиреневый (ru) (sirénevyj), лиловый (ru) m. Scottish Gaelic: liath-chòrcra (gd) f. Spanish: lila (es)

Adjective

lilac (comparative more lilac, superlative most lilac)

1. (colour) having a pale purple colour.

Translations

colour

Arabic: ليلكي (leylakey) Chinese: Mandarin: 淡紫色的 (zh) Estonian: lilla (et) Finnish: liila (fi), violetti (fi) German: lila, lilafarbig, zartlila Hungarian: orgonalila (hu), halványlila (hu) Low German: lila (nds), violett (nds)

Romanian: liliachiu (ro) Russian: сиреневый /sir'én'evyj/ Scottish Gaelic: liath-chòrcra (gd), liath-ghorm (gd) Swedish: lila (sv), gredelin (sv), violett (sv)

See also

• syringa
• bunchflower
• Appendix:Colors

Derived terms

• lilacky

Anagrams

• Cilla