gladiolus

See also: Gladiolus

English

Gladiolus imbricatus (2)

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/
• IPA^(key): /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)

1. (anatomy) The center part of the sternum.
2. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

Alternative forms

• gladiola

Derived terms

• gladiolin

Related terms

• gladiator

Translations

center part of the sternum

• Finnish: rintalastan runko
• Portuguese: mesosterno m
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• Spanish: mesosternón m, cuerpo del esternón m

plant

• Bulgarian: гладиола f (gladiola)
• Catalan: gladiol m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍蘭／剑兰 (jiànlán), 剑兰 (jiànlán)

• Czech: mečík m
• Dutch: gladiool (nl) m or f, zwaardlelie (nl) f
• Finnish: miekkalilja (fi)
• French: glaïeul (fr) m
• German: Gladiole (de) f
• Greek: γλαδιόλα (el) f (gladióla), γλαδίολος (el) m (gladíolos)

  Ancient: μαχαιρόφυλλον n (makhairóphullon), ξίφιον n (xíphion)

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• Hungarian: kardvirág (hu)
• Hunsrik: Santeritte f
• Italian: gladiolo (it) m
• Japanese: グラジオラス (gurajiorasu)
• Latin: gladiolus m
• Polish: mieczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: gladíolo (pt) m
• Romanian: gladiolă (ro) f
• Russian: гладио́лус (ru) m (gladiólus), шпа́жник (ru) m (špážnik)
• Spanish: estoque (es) m
• Swedish: gladiolus c
• Vietnamese: lay ơn (vi)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣlaː.diˈoː.lʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gla‧di‧o‧lus

Noun

gladiolus m (plural gladioli)

1. Dated form of gladiool (“gladiolus, gladiola”).

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of gladius (“sword”) +‎ -olus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡɫ̪äˈd̪iɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡläˈd̪iːolus]

Noun

gladiolus m (genitive gladiolī); second declension

1. Little sword, knife
2. Sword lily, gladiolus.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gladiolus	gladiolī
Genitive	gladiolī	gladiolōrum
Dative	gladiolō	gladiolīs
Accusative	gladiolum	gladiolōs
Ablative	gladiolō	gladiolīs
Vocative	gladiole	gladiolī

Descendants

• Catalan: garitjol, → gladiol (learned)
• → English: gladiolus
• French: glaïeul
• Italian: giaggiolo
• Occitan: glaujòl
• → Norwegian: gladiolus

References

• “gladiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

Noun

gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladioler or gladioluser, definite plural gladiolene or gladiolusene)

1. a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus)

References

• “gladiolus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

Noun

gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladiolar or gladiolusar, definite plural gladiolane or gladiolusane)

1. a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus)

References

• “gladiolus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.