marigold

English

The pot marigold, Calendula officinalis.

The French marigold, Tagetes patula.

Etymology

Mary +‎ gold, from Middle English golde (“marigold”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌɡəʊld/, X-SAMPA: /"m{r\.I%g@Uld/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɛɹ.ɪˌɡoʊld/ (with Mary–marry–merry merger), IPA: /ˈmæɹ.ɪˌɡoʊld/, X-SAMPA: /"m{r\.I%goUld/

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Noun

marigold (plural marigolds)

1. Any garden flower plant of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
2. Any plant of the genus Tagetes, a flowering plant with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

Translations

Calendula

• Danish: morgenfrue (da) c
• Faroese: morgunfrúa (fo) f
• Finnish: kehäkukka (fi)
• French: souci (fr) m
• German: Ringelblume (de) f
• Hungarian: körömvirág (hu)
• Icelandic: morgunfrú (is) f, gullfífill (is) m
• Interlingua: calendula
• Italian: calendola (it) f, fiorrancio (it) m
• Korean: 금잔화 (geumjanhwa)
• Polish: nagietek (pl) m

• Portuguese: malmequer (pt) m
• Romanian: filimică (ro) f, gălbenele (ro) f pl
• Russian: ноготки (ru) (nogotkí) m pl, календула (ru) (kaléndula) f
• Serbo-Croatian: neven (sh) m
• Spanish: caléndula f, margarita f
• Swahili: kalendula (sw)
• Swedish: ringblomma (sv) c
• Telugu: బంతి (banti)
• Turkish: öküzgözü (tr)
• Vietnamese: hoa vạn thọ (vi)
• Volapük: kalendul

Tagetes

• Chinese: 万寿菊 (wànshòu-jú)
• Danish: tagetes (da) c, fløjlsblomst (da) c
• Finnish: samettikukka (fi)
• German: Studentenblume (de) f, Tagetes (de) f
• Hungarian: bársonyvirág (hu)
• Korean: 천수국 (cheonsuguk)
• Malay: marigold (ms)
• Polish: aksamitka (pl) f

• Quechua: wakatay (qu)
• Romanian: crăiță (ro) f
• Russian: бархатцы (ru) (bárxatcy) m pl
• Spanish: flor maravilla
• Swahili: tageta (sw)
• Swedish: tagetes (sv) c, sammetsblomster (sv) c
• Vietnamese: hoa vạn thọ (vi)

Derived terms

• pot marigold

See also

• Marigold on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

marigold (comparative more marigold, superlative most marigold)

1. Having the color of marigolds, a bright yellowish-orange hue.