timothy

See also: Timothy

English

Alternative forms

• Timothy

Etymology

Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪməθi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪməθi
• Hyphenation: tim‧o‧thy

Noun

timothy (usually uncountable, plural timothies)

1. Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
2. Mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum), native to North America.
3. Grass of other species of genus Phleum.

Synonyms

• catstail
• timothy-grass, Timothy-grass
• timothy grass, Timothy grass

Derived terms

• alpine timothy (Phleum alpinum)
• mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum)
• timothy-grass (Phleum pratense)
• timothy hay (Phleum pratense)

Translations

grass of genus Phleum

• Belarusian: цімафе́еўка f (cimafjéjewka)
• Catalan: cua de rata (ca) f
• Czech: bojínek m
• Danish: engrottehale c
• Dutch: doddegras n
• Faroese: timotey n
• Finnish: timotei (fi), nurmitähkiö (fi)
• French: fléole (fr) f, phléole (fr) f
• German: Lieschgras (de) n
• Hungarian: komócsin (hu)
• Irish: tiomóid f
• Italian: fleo (it) m, fleolo m
• Norman: coue f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: timotei m

  Nynorsk: timotei m

• Polish: tymotka f, brzanka (pl) f
• Romanian: timoftică (ro) f
• Romansh: flieula f
• Russian: тимофе́евка (ru) f (timoféjevka)
• Spanish: fleo (es) m
• Turkish: çayır otu (tr)
• Ukrainian: тимофі́ївка f (tymofíjivka)
• Welsh: rhonwellt m