gladiolus
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊləs
Noun
[edit]gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)
- (anatomy) The center part of the sternum.
- Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
- Synonym: sword lily
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- 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.
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gladiolus m (plural gladioli, no diminutive)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑdiolus/, [ˈɡlɑ̝diˌo̞lus̠]
- Rhymes: -olus
- Syllabification(key): gla‧di‧o‧lus
- Hyphenation(key): gla‧dio‧lus
Noun
[edit]gladiolus
- synonym of miekkailija (“gladiolus (plant)”)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of gladiolus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gladiolus | gladiolukset | |
| genitive | gladioluksen | gladiolusten gladioluksien | |
| partitive | gladiolusta | gladioluksia | |
| illative | gladiolukseen | gladioluksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gladiolus | gladiolukset | |
| accusative | nom. | gladiolus | gladiolukset |
| gen. | gladioluksen | ||
| genitive | gladioluksen | gladiolusten gladioluksien | |
| partitive | gladiolusta | gladioluksia | |
| inessive | gladioluksessa | gladioluksissa | |
| elative | gladioluksesta | gladioluksista | |
| illative | gladiolukseen | gladioluksiin | |
| adessive | gladioluksella | gladioluksilla | |
| ablative | gladiolukselta | gladioluksilta | |
| allative | gladiolukselle | gladioluksille | |
| essive | gladioluksena | gladioluksina | |
| translative | gladiolukseksi | gladioluksiksi | |
| abessive | gladioluksetta | gladioluksitta | |
| instructive | — | gladioluksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of gladius (“sword”) + -olus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɫaˈdi.ɔ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡlaˈdiː.o.lus]
Noun
[edit]gladiolus m (genitive gladiolī); second declension
- Little sword, knife
- Sword lily, gladiolus.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gladiolus | gladiolī |
| genitive | gladiolī | gladiolōrum |
| dative | gladiolō | gladiolīs |
| accusative | gladiolum | gladiolōs |
| ablative | gladiolō | gladiolīs |
| vocative | gladiole | gladiolī |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “gladiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).
Noun
[edit]gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladioler or gladioluser, definite plural gladiolene or gladiolusene)
References
[edit]- “gladiolus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).
Noun
[edit]gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladiolar or gladiolusar, definite plural gladiolane or gladiolusane)
References
[edit]- “gladiolus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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