Veronica

See also: veronica, verónica, verônica, Verónica, and Verônica

Translingual

Veronica montana

Etymology

From Veronica (“Veronica”), probably after Saint Veronica, possibly for because of the flowers of some European species resembling the image on the Veil of Veronica in some way.

Proper noun

Veronica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – many species of herbaceous plants, many with blue flowers, including speedwells.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Plantaginaceae - family; Veroniceae

Hyponyms

• (genus): Veronica subg. Beccabunga, Veronica subg. Chamaedrys, Veronica subg. Cochlidiosperma, Veronica subg. Derwentia, Veronica subg. Digitatae, Veronica subg. Fruticulosae, Veronica subg. Hebe, Veronica subg. Orientales, Veronica subg. Paederotella, Veronica subg. Pellidosperma, Veronica subg. Pocilla, Veronica subg. Pseudolysimachion, Veronica subg. Synthyris, Veronica subg. Veronica - subgenera
  • Veronica officinalis (heath speedwell) - type species; for the numerous other species see Veronica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Veronica (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veronica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Veronica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈɹɒnɪkə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Etymology 1

Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon ("true image") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.

Proper noun

Veronica

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 128:

     My own name, Veronica — an ugly enough thing I had always thought, it sounded like either the ointment or the disease — was one her great favourites. St Veronica wiped the face of Christ on the road to Calvary and He left His face on her tea towel. Or the picture of His face. It was the first-ever photograph, she said.

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: فِيرُونِيكَا f (fīrūnīkā), وَرْنِيقَة f (warnīqa), وِيرُونِيكَة f (wīrūnīka)
• Armenian: Վերոնիկա (Veronika)
• Basque: Veronika (eu)
• Catalan: Verònica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韋羅妮卡／韦罗妮卡 (Wéiluónīkǎ)

• Czech: Veronika (cs) f
• Esperanto: Veronika
• Estonian: Veronika
• Finnish: Veronica, Veronika (fi)
• French: Véronique (fr) f
• Galician: Verónica (gl) f
• Georgian: ვერონიკა (veroniḳa)
• German: Veronika (de) f
• Greek: Βερενίκη (el) f (Vereníki)
• Hungarian: Veronika (hu)
• Italian: Veronica (it) f
• Japanese: ヴェロニカ (Veronika)
• Korean: 베로니카 (Beronika)
• Latin: Veronica f
• Latvian: Veronika f
• Macedonian: Вероника f (Veronika)
• Norwegian: Veronika (no), Veronica (no)
• Polish: Weronika (pl) f
• Portuguese: Verônica (pt) f
• Romanian: Veronica f
• Russian: Верони́ка (ru) f (Veroníka)
• Slovak: Veronika f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Weronika (hsb) f

• Spanish: Verónica (es) f
• Swedish: Veronika (sv), Veronica
• Ukrainian: Вероніка (uk) f (Veronika)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.

Proper noun

Veronica (plural Veronicas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Veronica is the 34427^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Veronica is most common among Hispanic/Latino (77.36%) and White (17.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Veronica”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• varicone

Latin

Etymology

Late variant of Berenīcē, influenced by Ecclesiastical Latin vera icon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. not sure about the origin of that ety, just copying from elsewhere

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯e.roˈniː.ka/, [u̯ɛrɔˈniːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve.roˈni.ka/, [veroˈniːkä]

Proper noun

Veronīca f (genitive Veronīcae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a female given name

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Veronīca	Veronīcae
Genitive	Veronīcae	Veronīcārum
Dative	Veronīcae	Veronīcīs
Accusative	Veronīcam	Veronīcās
Ablative	Veronīcā	Veronīcīs
Vocative	Veronīca	Veronīcae

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Вероника (Veronika)
• → Czech: Veronika
• → Danish: Veronika
• → English: Veronica
• → Estonian: Veronika
• → Finnish: Veronika
• → French: Véronique
• → Galician: Verónica
• → German: Veronika
• → Hungarian: Veronika
• → Icelandic: Veróníka
• → Italian: Veronica
• → Latvian: Veronika
• → Lithuanian: Veronika
• → Macedonian: Вероника (Veronika)
• → Norwegian: Veronika
• → Polish: Weronika
• → Portuguese: Verônica
• → Romanian: Veronica
• → Russian: Вероника (Veronika)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Вероника

  Latin script: Veronika

• → Slovak: Veronika
• → Slovene: Veronika
• → Sorbian: Weronika
• → Spanish: Verónica
• → Swedish: Veronika
• → Ukrainian: Вероніка (Veronika)

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Veronika

Proper noun

Veronica

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Veronica

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Veronica f

1. a female given name

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Veronika

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Veronica c (genitive Veronicas)

1. Veronica. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈɾonika/, [vɛˈɾo.nɪ.xɐ]

• IPA^(key): /beˈɾonika/, [bɛˈɾo.nɪ.xɐ]

Proper noun

Verónicá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜈᜒᜃ)

1. a female given name from Spanish