deciduous

English

WOTD – 24 August 2010

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“fall down”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪdʒʊəs/
• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɪd.ju.əs/, /dəˈsɪd.ju.əs/

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Adjective

deciduous (not comparable)

1. (biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.

   Antonyms: persistent, permanent

2. (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

   Antonyms: evergreen, sempervirent. Cf. caducous.

3. Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

Derived terms

• brevideciduous
• deciduosity
• deciduous camellia
• deciduous holly
• deciduously
• deciduousness
• deciduous tooth
• deciduous winterberry
• indeciduous
• nondeciduous
• semideciduous

 

Related terms

• decay
• decadence

Translations

describing a part that falls off, or is shed

• Armenian: գցվող (gcʻvoġ), փոխվող (pʻoxvoġ), թափվող (tʻapʻvoġ)
• Catalan: caduc (ca), decidu (ca)
• French: caduc (fr), décidual (fr)
• Georgian: მოსაცვლელი (mosacvleli), სარძევე (sarʒeve) (of teeth only)
• Italian: caduco (it), deciduo (it)
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• Korean: 탈락성 (tallakseong)
• Portuguese: caduco (pt), decíduo
• Russian: сбра́сываемый (ru) (sbrásyvajemyj), моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj) (of teeth only)
• Spanish: caduco (es), deciduo
• Turkish: geçici (tr)

of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season

• Armenian: սաղարթավոր (hy) (saġartʻavor)
• Bulgarian: листопаден (listopaden)
• Catalan: caducifoli
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (deciduous tree) 落葉喬木／落叶乔木 (zh), 落叶乔木 (zh) (luòyè qiáomù)

• Czech: opadavý (cs)
• Danish: løvfældende (da)
• Dutch: bladverliezend, loofverliezend
• Esperanto: falfolia
• Finnish: lehtensä pudottava, kesävihanta (fi)
• French: à feuilles caduques, caducifolié (fr)
• Georgian: ფოთოლმცვენი (potolmcveni), ფოთლოვანი (potlovani)
• German: (deciduous tree) Laubbaum (de); (deciduous forest) Laubwald (de); (as an adjective) sommergrün (de), laubabwerfend
• Greek: φυλλοβόλος (el) (fyllovólos)
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• Hungarian: lombhullató (hu)
• Italian: caducifoglio
• Japanese: 落葉樹 (ja) (らくようじゅ, rakuyōju) (deciduous tree)
• Korean: 낙엽성 (nagyeopseong)
• Manx: yn-lhoamey
• Maori: rauhoro
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: løvfellende, lauvfellende

  Nynorsk: lauvfellande

• Polish: liściasty (pl) m
• Portuguese: caducifólio
• Russian: ли́ственный (ru) (lístvennyj), листопа́дный (ru) (listopádnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: seargach
• Serbo-Croatian: listopadni (sh)
• Spanish: caducifolio (es), de hoja caduca
• Turkish: yaprak döken, yapraklarını döken

transitory, ephemeral, not lasting

• Armenian: անցողիկ (hy) (ancʻoġik), վաղանցուկ (hy) (vaġancʻuk), անկայուն (hy) (ankayun)
• Hungarian: múlékony (hu)
• Portuguese: efêmero (pt), transitório (pt)
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• Russian: быстроте́чный (ru) (bystrotéčnyj), преходя́щий (ru) (prexodjáščij), скороте́чный (ru) (skorotéčnyj)
• Spanish: efímero (es), transitorio (es), fugaz (es)
• Turkish: geçici (tr)

Further reading

• deciduous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia