lilac
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪlək/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪlək/, /ˈlaɪlæk/, /ˈlaɪlɑk/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪlæk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪlək, -aɪlæk
Noun[edit]
lilac (plural lilacs)
- A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
- 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.
- A flower of the lilac shrub.
- (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
- lilac:
- A cat having a lilac-colored (pale brown) coat.
Translations[edit]
shrub
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flower
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colour
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Adjective[edit]
lilac (comparative more lilac, superlative most lilac)
- Having a pale purple colour.
- Of a cat or its fur: having a pale brown colour, lighter than chocolate.
Translations[edit]
colour
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Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- Afghanistan lilac (Syringa afghanica)
- Australian lilac (Hardenbergia monophylla)
- California lilac (Ceanothus spp.)
- Cape lilac (Melia azedarach)
- common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
- cutleaf lilac (Syringa laciniata)
- daphne lilac (Syringa microphylla)
- early lilac (Syringa oblata)
- French lilac (Syringa vulgaris, Galega officinalis)
- German lilac (Centranthus ruber)
- Himalayan lilac (Syringa emodi)
- Hungarian lilac (Syringa josikaea)
- hyacinth lilac (Syringa hyacinthiflora)
- Indian lilac (Melia azedarach)
- Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
- Korean lilac (Syringa patula)
- late lilac (Syringa villosa)
- lilac-crowned parrot (Amazona finschi)
- lilac kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis)
- lilac mildew (Microsphaera alni)
- lilac point
- lilac vine (Hardenbergia violacea)
- lilacky
- littleleaf lilac (Syringa microphylla)
- mountain lilac (Ceanothus spp.)
- native lilac (Hardenbergia violacea)
- New Zealand lilac (Hebe hulkeana)
- nodding lilac (Syringa reflexa)
- Peking lilac (Syringa pekinensis)
- Persian lilac (Syringa persica, Melia azedarach)
- summer lilac (Buddleja davidii et al.)
- wild lilac (Ceanothus spp.)
Descendants[edit]
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lilac m (plural lilacs)
- archaic form of lilas
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