primrose

See also: Primrose

English

a primrose ()

common primrose ()

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English primerose, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The reason it was called this is not clear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪmˌɹoʊz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪmˌɹəʊz/

Noun

primrose (plural primroses)

1. A flowering plant of the genus Primula.
   1. Specifically, the species (syn. ).
2. A plant of the family Primulaceae.
3. A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.
4. A flower of a primrose plant.
5. A light yellow colour.

   primrose:  

Synonyms

• (plant): primula, cowslip, oxlip, primerole

Derived terms

terms derived from primrose (noun)

• Cape primrose
• evening primrose

• primrose path
• primrose yellow
• primrosy, primrosey

Translations

plant of the genus Primula

• Abkhaz: аӡыӡкәыр (adzədzkʷʼər)
• Armenian: գնարբուկ (hy) (gnarbuk)
• Azerbaijani: novruzgülü
• Catalan: prímula f, primavera (ca) f
• Czech: prvosenka (cs) f, petrklíč (cs)
• Esperanto: primolo
• Finnish: esikko (fi)
• French: primevère (fr) f
• Georgian: ფურისულა (purisula)
• German: Primel f
• Greek: δακράκι n (dakráki)

  Ancient: κυκλάμινος m (kukláminos)

• Hungarian: kankalin (hu)
• Ido: primrozo (io)
• Italian: primula (it) f
• Japanese: 桜草 (さくらそう, sakurasō)
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• Lak: ччиккул тӏутӏи (č:ik:ul tʼutʼi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nøkleblom m, nøkleblomst m, primula m

  Nynorsk: nøkleblom m, nøkleblome m, primula m

• Ossetian: ӕстъоппӕлӕ (æst’oppælæ)
• Persian: پامچال (fa), گل نوروز
• Polish: pierwiosnek (pl) m, prymula (pl) f
• Portuguese: prímula (pt) f
• Romanian: primulă (ro) f, ciuboțica-cucului (ro) f
• Russian: первоцве́т (ru) m (pervocvét), при́мула (ru) f (prímula)
• Scottish Gaelic: sòbhrach f
• Spanish: primavera (es) f
• Volapük: primulaplan
• Welsh: briallen

Primula vulgaris

• Finnish: kääpiöesikko
• German: Primel f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kusymre c

  Nynorsk: kusymre f

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: prímula (pt)
• Romanian: primulă (ro) f
• Russian: первоцве́т (ru) m (pervocvét), при́мула (ru) f (prímula)

flower

• German: Primel f
• Ido: primrozo (io)
• Italian: primula (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nøkleblom m, nøkleblomst m, primula m

  Nynorsk: nøkleblom m, nøkleblome m, primula m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: pierwiosnek (pl) m
• Portuguese: prímula (pt) f
• Romanian: primulă (ro) f
• Russian: первоцве́т (ru) m (pervocvét), при́мула (ru) f (prímula)
• Volapük: primul

colour

• Hungarian: kankalinsárga
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The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Persian: (1), (2): پامچال (pamchal), (3) زرد معتدل (zard-e mo'tadel)
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See also

other terms of interest

• auricula
• bear's ear
• cowslip
• fireweed
• loosestrife
• marsh marigold

• oxlip
• pimpernel
• polyanthus
• primula
• shooting star
• streptocarpus
• sundrops
• Appendix:Colors

Adjective

primrose (comparative more primrose, superlative most primrose)

1. Of a light yellow colour.

Translations

colour

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Verb

1. (intransitive) To pick primroses.

   We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket.

References

• Oenothera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oenothera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oenothera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Primulaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Primulaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Primulaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• promiser