jonquil

See also: Jonquil

English

Alternative forms

• jonquille

Etymology

Borrowed from French jonquille, itself a borrowing from Spanish junquillo. Possible doublet of junket.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋkwəl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒŋkwəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

jonquil (plural jonquils)

1. A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil. [from 1660s]
2. A shade of yellow. [from late 18th c.]

   jonquil:  

   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 187:

     She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly.

   • March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎^[1], page 258:

     At sunset dusky ghosts of sampans, laden with families living up the river, glide homeward against a jonquil sky.

Translations

Narcissus jonquilla

• Catalan: jonquillo (ca) m
• Czech: narcis okolíkatý
• Finnish: nunnannarsissi
• French: jonquille (fr) f
• Georgian: ნარგიზი (nargizi)
• German: Jonquille f
• Hindi: नरगिस (hi) m (nargis), नर्गिस (hi) m (nargis)
• Italian: giunchiglia f
• Portuguese: junquilho (pt) m
• Russian: жонки́лия f (žonkílija)
• Spanish: junquillo (es) m
• Turkish: fulya (tr), zerrin (tr)

Further reading

• Narcissus jonquilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Narcissus jonquilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies