cyclamen

See also: Cyclamen

English

Wikispecies

Cyclamen graecum

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos.

Noun

cyclamen (plural cyclamens)

1. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.

   Synonym: sowbread

   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 268:

     An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

   • 1973, Patrick Millington Synge, In search of flowers:

     An interesting cyclamen was also found here with dark rounded unmarbled leaves, but unfortunately without flowers […]

Descendants

• → Japanese: シクラメン (shikuramen)
• → Chinese: 仙客來／仙客来 (xiānkèlái)

Translations

A type of plant

• Albanian: burth (sq)
• Arabic: see Thesaurus:بخور مريم
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܥܲܪܛܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ f (ʿarṭānīṯā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רקפתא (/⁠*raqəp̄tā⁠/), עַרְטָנִיתָא f (ʿarṭānīṯā)

• Armenian: արջտակ (hy) (arǰtak)
• Azerbaijani: iran meşənovruzu
• Bulgarian: циклама f (ciklama)
• Catalan: ciclamen m, artanita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仙客來／仙客来 (zh) (xiānkèlái), 一品冠 (yīpǐguān)

• Czech: brambořík (cs) m
• Danish: alpeviol
• Dutch: cyclaam (nl) m
• French: cyclamen (fr) m, artanite f
• Georgian: ყოჩივარდა (q̇očivarda)
• German: Alpenveilchen (de) n, Erdscheibe (de) f, Erdbrot n, Schweinsbrot n, Saubrot n
• Greek: κυκλάμινο (el) n (kyklámino)

  Ancient: κυκλάμινος f or m (kukláminos), στρουθίον n (strouthíon)

• Hebrew: רַקֶּפֶת (he) (raqéfeṯ)
• Hungarian: ciklámen (hu)
• Irish: ciclimin f
• Italian: ciclamino (it) m, artanita (it) f
• Japanese: シクラメン (ja) (shikuramen), 篝火草 (かがりびそう, kagaribisō), 豚の饅頭 (ぶたのまんじゅう, buta no manjū)
• Latin: cyclamen n, cyclamīnos f (Medieval and New Latin)
• Macedonian: цикла́ма f (cikláma)
• Malayalam: സൈക്ലാമെൻ പെർസികം (saiklāmeṉ peṟsikaṁ)
• Mingrelian: ტკვარჩელია (ṭḳvarčelia)
• Mòcheno: ciclamin
• Persian: نگون‌سار ایرانی
• Polish: cyklamen (pl) m
• Portuguese: cíclame m, ciclame m
• Romanian: ciclamă (ro) f
• Russian: цикламе́н (ru) m (ciklamén)
• Serbo-Croatian: ciklama (sh), klobučac (sh) m, križalina (sh) f, skrižalina (sh) f, miholjica (sh) f
• Spanish: ciclamen (es) m, violeta persa f, violeta de los Alpes f, ciclamino (es) m, pamporcino m, artanita f
• Swedish: cyklamen (sv) c
• Turkish: siklamen (tr), yersomunu
• Welsh: bogel y ddaear f

Anagrams

• cycleman

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Latin cyclamen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.klaː.mɛn/

Noun

cyclamen n (plural cyclamens)

1. (botany) Synonym of cyclaam

Usage notes

• This form is mostly used in technical contexts, cyclaam being the more standard choice.

Derived terms

• cyclaam (back-formation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cyclamen

1. plural of cyclaam

French

Noun

un cyclamen

cyclamen m (plural cyclamens)

1. cyclamen

Further reading

• “cyclamen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈky.kla.men/, [ˈkʏkɫ̪ämɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kla.men/, [ˈt͡ʃiːklämen]

Noun

cyclamen n (genitive cyclaminis); third declension

1. Alternative form of cyclamīnos

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cyclamen	cyclamina
Genitive	cyclaminis	cyclaminum
Dative	cyclaminī	cyclaminibus
Accusative	cyclamen	cyclamina
Ablative	cyclamine	cyclaminibus
Vocative	cyclamen	cyclamina

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: циклама (ciklama)
• → Catalan: ciclamen
• → English: cyclamen
  • → Japanese: シクラメン (shikuramen)
  • → Chinese: 仙客來／仙客来 (xiānkèlái)
• → French: cyclamen
• → German: Zyklamen
  • → Hungarian: ciklámen
• → Polish: cycklamen
• → Portuguese: ciclame
• → Russian: цикламен (ciklamen)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ciklama / циклама
• → Spanish: ciclamen
• → Swedish: cyklamen
• → Translingual: Cyclamen
• → Turkish: siklamen

References

• cyclămĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 460/3.