poppy

See also Poppy

English

Wikipedia

The heart of a poppy flower

poppies

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒpi/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɑpi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpi

Etymology 1

From Old English popiġ

Noun

poppy (plural poppies)

1. Any plant of the species Papaver, with crumpled often red petals and a milky juice.
2. a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.

   poppy colour:

3. (chiefly UK, Canada) a simple artificial poppy worn in the buttonhole to remember the fallen in the two World Wars, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
   • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, Telegraph:

     With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.

Translations

plant

• Albanian: lulëkuqe (sq) f
• Armenian: կակաչ (hy) (kakač)
• Azeri: lalə (az)
• Belarusian: мак (be) (mak) m
• Bulgarian: мак (bg) (mak) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 罌粟 (cmn), 罂粟 (cmn) (yīngsù)

• Czech: mák (cs) m
• Danish: valmue (da) c
• Dutch: klaproos (nl) f
• Esperanto: papavo (eo)
• Estonian: moon (et), magun (et)
• Faroese: dreymsólja (fo) f
• Finnish: unikukka (fi), unikko (fi)
• French: pavot (fr) m, coquelicot (fr) m (corn poppy)
• Georgian: ყაყაჩო (ka) (qaqač'o)
• German: Mohn (de) m
• Greek: παπαρούνα (el) (paparoúna) f
• Hebrew: פרג (he) (parág) m
• Hindi: पोस्त (hi) (posta), पॉपी (hi) (popī)
• Hungarian: mák (hu)
• Icelandic: draumsóley (is) f, valmúi (is) m
• Ido: papavero (io)

• Irish: poipín (ga) m
• Italian: papavero (it) m
• Japanese: ケシ (ja) (keshi), ポピー (ja) (popī)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: گوڵاڵه‌ سووره‌ (ku)

• Latin: papāver (la) n
• Latvian: magone (lv) f
• Macedonian: афион (mk) (áfion) m, булка (mk) (búlka) f, мак (mk) (mak) m
• Norwegian: valmue (no) m and f
• Polish: mak (pl) m
• Portuguese: papoula (pt) f
• Romanian: mac (ro) m
• Russian: мак (ru) (mak) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мак (sh) m

  Roman: mak (sh) m

• Slovak: mak (sk) m
• Slovene: mak (sl) m
• Spanish: amapola (es) f
• Swahili: mpopi (sw)
• Swedish: vallmo (sv) c
• Turkish: gelincik (tr)
• Ukrainian: мак (uk) (mak) m

colour

• Japanese: ケシ色 (ja) (keshiiro)
• Polish: szkarłat (pl)

• Russian: алый (ru) (ályj) m (цвет)
• Swahili: rangi ya mipopi (sw)

artificial poppy

• Finnish: unikko (fi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

California poppy celandine poppy corn poppy field poppy Flanders poppy Iceland poppy matilija poppy opium poppy Oriental poppy

Poppy Day poppy red poppyseed poppycock poppyhead prickly poppy Shirley poppy tall poppy tall poppy syndrome Welsh poppy

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• creamcups
• eschscholzia
• opium
• swallowwort

Adjective

poppy (comparative more poppy, superlative most poppy)

1. of a bright red colour, tinted with orange, like that of the poppy flower.

Translations

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Etymology 2

Diminutive of pop.

Noun

poppy (uncountable)

1. An affectionate nickname given to a father or grandfather, or a male authority figure standing in a similar position.

Etymology 3

From popular, by shortening

Adjective

poppy (comparative poppier or more poppy, superlative poppiest or most poppy)

1. (music) In the style of pop music.

Translations

music style

• Finnish: popahtava (fi)

Etymology 4

From pop (“sound”)

Adjective

poppy (comparative poppier or more poppy, superlative poppiest or most poppy)

1. Having a popping sound.