belladonna
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian belladonna (altered by folk etymology: bella donna (“beautiful lady”)) from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), of Gaulish origin. The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒnə
Noun
belladonna (countable and uncountable, plural belladonnas)
- A plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries.
- An alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine.
- 2005 June 13, Edmund White, “My Women: Learning how to love them.”, in The New Yorker:
- Cathy teetered downstairs on very high heels, her hair swept up in a disintegrating “brioche”, her eyes glistening with belladonna drops.
Synonyms
- (Atropa belladonna): deadly nightshade
Derived terms
- belladonna lily
- belladonnized, belladonized
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Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
Noun
belladonna f or m (plural belladonna's, diminutive belladonnaatje n)
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bel‧la‧don‧na
Noun
belladonna
Declension
Inflection of belladonna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | belladonna | belladonnat | |
genitive | belladonnan | belladonnien | |
partitive | belladonnaa | belladonnia | |
illative | belladonnaan | belladonniin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | belladonna | belladonnat | |
accusative | nom. | belladonna | belladonnat |
gen. | belladonnan | ||
genitive | belladonnan | belladonnien belladonnain rare | |
partitive | belladonnaa | belladonnia | |
inessive | belladonnassa | belladonnissa | |
elative | belladonnasta | belladonnista | |
illative | belladonnaan | belladonniin | |
adessive | belladonnalla | belladonnilla | |
ablative | belladonnalta | belladonnilta | |
allative | belladonnalle | belladonnille | |
essive | belladonnana | belladonnina | |
translative | belladonnaksi | belladonniksi | |
abessive | belladonnatta | belladonnitta | |
instructive | — | belladonnin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
Interpreted by folk etymology as bella (“beautiful”) + donna (“lady”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
Noun
belladonna f (plural belledonne)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bel.laˈdon.na/, [bɛlːʲäˈd̪ɔnːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bel.laˈdon.na/, [belːäˈd̪ɔnːä]
Noun
belladonna f (genitive belladonnae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | belladonna | belladonnae |
Genitive | belladonnae | belladonnārum |
Dative | belladonnae | belladonnīs |
Accusative | belladonnam | belladonnās |
Ablative | belladonnā | belladonnīs |
Vocative | belladonna | belladonnae |
Synonyms
Descendants
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- Atropa belladonna
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