samara

See also: Samara, sámara, sâmara, and Samāra

English

A samara from a maple tree.

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] , from Latin samara (“elm seed”), from Gaulish [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmərə/, /səˈmɛrə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsæmərə/, /səˈmɛərə/

Noun

samara (plural samaras or samarae)

1. The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple

Synonyms

• (winged fruit): helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird

Translations

winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple

• Belarusian: крыла́тка f (krylátka), кры́лаўка f (krýlaŭka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翅果 (zh) (chìguǒ)

• Czech: dvounažka f
• Esperanto: samaro
• French: samare (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრთიანა (prtiana)
• German: Flügelnuss f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: samara f
• Japanese: 翼果 (よくか, yokuka, よっか, yokka)
• Korean: 시과 (sigwa)
• Polish: skrzydlak m
• Portuguese: sâmara f
• Russian: крыла́тка (ru) f (krylátka)
• Spanish: sámara f
• Tagalog: pakpakbunga
• Ukrainian: крила́тка f (krylátka)

Anagrams

• Asmara, asrama

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Balinese

Romanization

samara

1. Romanization of ᬲᬫᬭ

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin samara, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish.

Noun

samara f (plural samare)

1. (of botany) samara

   winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple

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Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

Noun

samara f (genitive samarae); first declension

1. (of botany) samara

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	samara	samarae
Genitive	samarae	samarārum
Dative	samarae	samarīs
Accusative	samaram	samarās
Ablative	samarā	samarīs
Vocative	samara	samarae

References

• “samara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• samara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “samara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “samara”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly