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See also: Iris, IRIs, íris, Íris, and iris-

English

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek *ϝῖρις (*wîris)
Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris)bor.
Latin eira
Latin ira
Latin irisbor.
English iris

    From Middle English iris, from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”). Presuming an earlier form *ϝῖρις (*wîris), possibly from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *w(e)ih₁-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”). If so, it would be cognate to English wire.

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Online Etymology Dictionary: The eye region was so called (early 15c. in English) for being the part that gives color to the eye; the Greek word was used of any brightly colored circle, "as that round the eyes of a peacock's tail" [Liddell & Scott]”

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    Noun

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    A plant of the genus Iris.
    Illustration showing parts of the human eye, including the iris.
    Frontal view of the iris of a human eye.

    iris (plural irises or iris or irides) (See Usage notes)

    2. (botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).
      Synonym: fleur-de-lis
      • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
        Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
    4. (anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).
    5. (photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.
    6. (poetic) A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
    7. (electronics) A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
    8. (zoology) The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.

    Usage notes

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    • For the part of the eye, the most common plural is irises, though irides is usual in medical contexts.
    • For the flower both iris and irises are in common use.

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    For quotations using this term, see Citations:iris.

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    Verb

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    iris (third-person singular simple present irises, present participle irising, simple past and past participle irised)

    1. (of an aperture, lens, or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris.
    2. (literary) To cause (something) to shine with the colours of the rainbow; to make iridescent.
      Synonym: iridize
      • 1834, Jacob Abbott, chapter 1, in The Corner-Stone‎[1], Boston: William Peirce, page 31:
        Pure, transparent, glistening in the sun, and irised by a thousand hues, which float and wave and spread in graceful and ceaseless motion on its surface!
      • 1987, Charles Tomlinson, “Winter Journey”, in The Return‎[2], Oxford University Press, page 35:
        The sun as it comes indoors out of space
        Has left a rainbow irising each glass—
        A refraction, caught then multiplied
        From the crystal tied within our window,

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    Bikol Central

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʔiˈɾis/ [ʔiˈɾis]
    • Hyphenation: i‧ris

    Noun

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    irís (Basahan spelling ᜁᜍᜒᜐ᜔)

    1. (anatomy) side of the body
      Synonyms: tagiliran, hirog

    Catalan

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    Learned borrowing from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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    Noun

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    iris m (invariable)

    1. iris (part of the eye)

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin īris or Middle French iris (itself from Latin), from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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    iris f (plural irissen, diminutive irisje n)

    1. (anatomy) iris (coloured part of the eye)
      Synonym: regenboogvlies
    2. synonym of lis (“plant of genus Iris”)

    Esperanto

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    iris

    1. past of iri

    French

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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    Noun

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    iris m (invariable)

    1. iris

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    Ido

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    iris

    1. past of irar

    Indonesian

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Malay iris.

    Noun

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    iris (plural iris-iris)

    1. slice

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    iris (active mengiris, passive diiris)

    1. to slice

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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Dutch iris (“iris”), from Middle French iris, from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

    Noun

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    iris (plural iris-iris)

    1. (anatomy, photography, cinematography) iris

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    Irish

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    Etymology 1

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      From Old Irish iris f (“a thong or strap (from which a shield, bag, etc. is suspended)”).[2]

      Noun

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      iris f (genitive singular irise, nominative plural irisí or irseacha or irste)

      1. strap, sling (for carrying)
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      Declension of iris (second declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative iris irisí
      vocative a iris a irisí
      genitive irise irisí
      dative iris irisí
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an iris na hirisí
      genitive na hirise na n-irisí
      dative leis an iris
      don iris       		leis na hirisí

      Etymology 2

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        From Old Irish iress (“religion, creed, the (true) faith”).[3]

        Noun

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        iris f (genitive singular irise)

        1. (literary) belief, faith, religion
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        Declension of iris (second declension, no plural)
        bare forms
        singular
        nominative iris
        vocative a iris
        genitive irise
        dative iris
        forms with the definite article
        singular
        nominative an iris
        genitive na hirise
        dative leis an iris
        don iris
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        Etymology 3

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          (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

          Noun

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          iris f (genitive singular irise, nominative plural irisí)

          1. alternative form of oireas
          2. magazine, journal
            Synonym: irisleabhar
          3. gazette
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          Declension of iris (second declension)
          bare forms
          singular plural
          nominative iris irisí
          vocative a iris a irisí
          genitive irise irisí
          dative iris irisí
          forms with the definite article
          singular plural
          nominative an iris na hirisí
          genitive na hirise na n-irisí
          dative leis an iris
          don iris           		leis na hirisí
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          Etymology 4

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Noun

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          iris m

          1. inflection of ireas (“iris”):
            1. genitive/vocative singular
            2. nominative/dative plural

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          Mutated forms of iris
          radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
          iris n-iris hiris not applicable

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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          1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 109, page 43
          2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “iris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
          3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ires(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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          Italian

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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          • IPA(key): /ˈi.ris/
          • Rhymes: -iris
          • Hyphenation: ì‧ris

          Noun

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          iris m or f (invariable)

          1. iris (flower)
            Synonyms: giaggiolo, iride

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          Latin

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          Etymology 1

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          Ancient Greek *ϝῖρις (*wîris)
          Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris)bor.
          Latin eira
          Latin ira
          Latin iris

            From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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            Noun

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            īris f (genitive īris or īridis); third declension

            1. rainbow
              • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Apocalypsis [Revelation] 10:1:
                et vīdī alium angelum fortem dēscendentem dē caelō amictum nūbe, et īris in capite eius, et faciēs eius erat ut sōl, et pedēs eius tamquam columna ignis
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            Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).

            singular plural
            nominative īris īrēs
            īridēs
            genitive īris
            īridis             		īrium
            īridum
            dative īrī
            īridī             		īribus
            īridibus
            accusative īrem
            īrim
            īrin
            īridem             		īrēs
            īrīs
            īridēs
            ablative īre
            īride             		īribus
            īridibus
            vocative īris īrēs
            īridēs

            Etymology 2

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            Ancient Greek *ϝῖρις (*wîris)
            Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris)bor.
            Latin eira
            Latin ira
            Latin iris

              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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              īrīs

              1. dative/ablative plural of īra

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              Etymology

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              Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”).

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              iris m (definite singular irisen, indefinite plural iriser, definite plural irisene)

              1. (botany) an iris (flower)
              2. (anatomy) an iris (part of the eye)
                Synonym: regnbuehinne

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              Etymology

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              Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”).

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              iris m (definite singular irisen, indefinite plural irisar, definite plural irisane)

              1. (botany) an iris (flower)
              2. (anatomy) an iris (part of the eye)
                Synonym: regnbogehinne

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              Old Irish

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              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /ˈi.ɾʲəsʲ/
                • (Blasse) [ˈi.ɾʲɪsʲ]
                • (Griffith) [ˈi.ɾʲɨsʲ]

              Noun

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              iris

              1. alternative spelling of iriss: accusative/dative singular of iress

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              Mutation of iris
              radical lenition nasalization
              iris
              (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)              		 iris n-iris

              Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
              All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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              Noun

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              iris f (invariable)

              1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of íris

              Romanian

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              Etymology

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              Borrowed from French iris, Latin iris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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              iris n (plural irisuri)

              1. (anatomy) iris (of the eye)

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              singular plural
              indefinite definite indefinite definite
              nominative-accusative iris irisul irisuri irisurile
              genitive-dative iris irisului irisuri irisurilor
              vocative irisule irisurilor

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              iris n (plural iriși)

              1. (botany) iris (flower)
                Synonyms: stânjenel, stânjen

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              singular plural
              indefinite definite indefinite definite
              nominative-accusative iris irisul iriși irișile
              genitive-dative iris irisului iriși irișilor
              vocative irisule irișilor

              Scottish Gaelic

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              Etymology

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              (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish iris.

              Noun

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              iris f (genitive singular irise, plural irisean)

              1. magazine, periodical
                Synonym: ràitheachan

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              Mutation of iris
              radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
              iris n-iris h-iris t-iris

              Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
              All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

              Spanish

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              Etymology

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              Borrowed from Latin iris, Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

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              • IPA(key): /ˈiɾis/ [ˈi.ɾis]
              • Rhymes: -iɾis
              • Syllabification: i‧ris

              Noun

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              iris m (plural iris or írises)

              1. (anatomy) iris

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