petal

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέταλον (petalon).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĕt'(ə)l, IPA: /ˈpɛt(ə)l/, X-SAMPA: /"pEt(@)l/

  (US) IPA: /ˈpɛtl̩/, [ˈpʰɛɾl̩]

• Rhymes: -ɛt(ə)l
• Homophones: peddle, pedal (in some dialects, including many US ones)

Noun

Wikipedia petal (plural petals)

1. (botany) one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower, when this consists of separate parts, that is it is not fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
2. Term of endearment.
   • 2011, Jo Baker, The Picture Book

     She is freezing cold. Sputtering. Big eyes wide and wet and red. Too shocked even to cry. 'It's okay, petal, it's okay.'

Translations

one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower

• Catalan: pètal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花瓣 (cmn) (huābàn)

• Czech: okvětní lístek (cs) m
• Dutch: (botanical) kroonblad (nl) n, (when brightly colored) bloemblaadje (nl) n
• Finnish: terälehti (fi)
• French: pétale (fr) m
• German: Blütenblatt (de) n
• Greek: πέταλο (el) (pétalo) n
• Hungarian: szirom (hu)
• Italian: petalo (it) m
• Japanese: 花びら (ja) (hana-bira)

• Jèrriais: pétale m
• Korean: 꽃잎 (ko) (kkonnip)
• Latin: folium (la) n
• Marathi: पाकळी (mr)
• Polish: płatek (pl) m
• Portuguese: pétala (pt) f
• Romanian: petală (ro) f
• Russian: лепесток (ru) (lepestók) m
• Serbo-Croatian: latica (sh) f
• Spanish: pétalo (es) m
• Swedish: kronblad (sv) n
• Turkish: taç yaprak (tr)
• Vietnamese: cánh hoa (vi)

See also

• sepal
• tepal

Anagrams

• leapt, lepta, Patel, plate, pleat, tepal