holly
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English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English holly, holi, holie, a shortened variation of holin, holyn (> English dialectal hollen, holm), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English holeġn, holen (“holly; prince, protector”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hulisaz (“butcher's broom”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱol- (“thorn, awn; a kind of thorny plant; prickly”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots holin, hollin, holyn (“holly”), Dutch hulst (“holly”), German Hulst (“holly”), French houx ("holly" < Germanic), Danish hylver (“holly”), Welsh celyn (“holly”), Russian ко́лос (kólos, “ear of wheat”), Albanian kalli (“straw, chaff”), Latin culmus (“stalk, stem”), Sanskrit कटम्ब (kaṭamba, “arrow”), Old Church Slavonic класъ (klasŭ, “ear of grain”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value UK is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɒli/
- Rhymes: -ɒli
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value US is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɑli/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
holly (countable and uncountable, plural hollies)
- Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
- The wood from this tree.
- (with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries
Derived terms
- Christmas holly(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Ilex aquifolium) - common holly(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Ilex aquifolium) - English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
- European holly (Ilex aquifolium)
- false holly (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
- holly bay (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Holly Hills
- holly laurel (Prunus ilicifolia)
- holly-leaf oak (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- holly-leaved oak (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Holly Oak (Delaware)
- holly oak (Quercus ilex)
- holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
- holly osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
- holly rose (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Hollywood
- Mount Holly
- sea holly
Translations
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Adjective
holly
- Alternative form of holy (sacred)
References
- “holi, adj. (2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.
Etymology 2
Adjective
holly
- Alternative form of holy (porous)
References
- “holi, adj. (1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒli
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Trees
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- Middle English adjectives