eucalyptus

eucalyptus

See also: Eucalyptus

English

Eucalyptus rubida

Etymology

From French eucalyptus.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪptəs
• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːkəˈlɪptəs/

Noun

eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)

1. Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

   Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt

   Hyponyms: gum, mallee, stringybark, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, yellow box

2. A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.

   eucalyptus:  

Hyponyms

• (tree): box, gimlet

Derived terms

• eucalyn
• eucalyptoid
• eucalyptol
• eucalyptole
• fuchsia eucalyptus (Eucalyptus forrestiana)
• lemon eucalyptus
• lemon eucalyptus (Corymbia citriodora)
• oil of lemon eucalyptus
• rainbow eucalyptus
• rainbow eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta)

 

Translations

any of many trees of genus Eucalyptus

Abkhaz: аевкали́пт (ajevkʼalípʼtʼ) Afrikaans: bloekom Amharic: ባህር ዛፍ (bahr zaf) Arabic: أُوكَالِبْتُوس‎ m (ʾūkālibtūs), يُوكَالِيبْتُوس‎ m (yūkālībtūs) Armenian: եվկալիպտ (evkalipt) Asturian: eucalitu m, eucaliptus m Azerbaijani: evkalipt Bashkir: эвкалипт (evkalipt) Belarusian: эўкалі́пт m (eŭkalípt) Bengali: ইউক্যালিপটাস (iukẏalipôṭas) Bulgarian: евкали́пт m (evkalípt) Burmese: ယူကလစ်တပ်ပင် (yuka.lactappang) Catalan: eucaliptus m Chinese: Cantonese: 桉樹／桉树 (zh), 桉树 (on1 syu6) Mandarin: 桉樹／桉树 (zh) (ānshù) Chuvash: эвкалипт (evkalipt) Czech: blahovičník (cs) m, eukalyptus (cs) m Danish: eukalyptus c Dutch: eucalyptus (nl) m Esperanto: eŭkalipto Estonian: eukalüpt Finnish: eukalyptus (fi) French: eucalyptus (fr) m, eucalypte (fr) m Galician: eucalipto (gl) m Georgian: ევკალიპტი (evḳaliṗṭi) German: Eukalyptus (de) m Greek: ευκάλυπτος (el) m (efkályptos) Guaraní: eukalíto (gn) Gujarati: નીલગિરી (nīlgirī) Hebrew: אֵקָלִיפְּטוּס‎ (he) m (ekaliptus) Hindi: नीलगिरी (nīlgirī) Hungarian: eukaliptusz (hu) Icelandic: tröllatré n, ilmviður m Ido: eukalipto (io) Indonesian: eukaliptus (id) Irish: eocalaip f Italian: eucalipto (it) m, eucalitto m Japanese: ユーカリ (yūkari) Kannada: ನೀಲಗಿರಿ (kn) (nīlagiri) Kazakh: эвкалипт (evkalipt) Komi-Zyrian: эвкалипт (evkalʹipt) Korean: 유칼리나무 (yukallinamu) Kumyk: эвкалипт (ewkalipt) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: قەڵەمتۆس‎ (qellemtos) Northern Kurdish: okalîptûs m Kyrgyz: эвкалипт (evkalipt) Latin: eucalyptus Latvian: eikalipti m Lithuanian: eukaliptas m Macedonian: еукалиптус m (eukaliptus) Malayalam: യൂക്കാലിപ്റ്റസ് (ml) (yūkkālipṟṟasŭ) Maori: purukamu Marathi: निलगिरी (nilgirī) Mari: Western Mari: эвкалипт (èvkalipt) Navajo: akʼah sisíʼí tsin Norwegian: Bokmål: eukalyptus m Nynorsk: eukalyptus m Occitan: eucaliptus (oc) m Ossetian: эвкалипт (èvkalipt) Persian: اکالیپتوس‎ (fa) Polish: eukaliptus (pl) m Portuguese: eucalipto (pt) m Quechua: kalistu Romanian: eucalipt (ro) m Russian: эвкали́пт (ru) m (evkalípt) Sardinian: equalitu m, eucalitu m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: еукалѝптус m Roman: eukalìptus (sh) m Sicilian: eucaliptu m, eucalittu m Slovak: eukalyptus (sk) m, blahovičník m Slovene: evkalipt (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: eukalyptus m Upper Sorbian: eukalyptowc m Spanish: eucalipto (es) m Swahili: mkalitusi Swedish: eukalyptus (sv) c, gummiträd n Tagalog: eukaliptus Tajik: эвкалипт (evkalipt) Tatar: эвкалипт (ewkalipt) Telugu: యూకలిప్టస్ (yūkalipṭas) Thai: ยูคาลิปตัส (yoo-kaa-líp-dtàt) Tongan: pulukamu Turkish: okaliptüs (tr) Turkmen: ewkalipt Ukrainian: евкалі́пт m (evkalípt) Uzbek: Cyrillic: эвкалипт (uz) (evkalipt) Roman: evkalipt (uz) Vietnamese: bạch đàn (vi) (白檀) Welsh: ewcalyptws m Yakut: эвкалипт (evkalipt)

Further reading

• eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”), from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.ka.lip.tys/
• Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lyp‧tus

Noun

eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)

1. eucalyptus

Derived terms

• eucalyptus citronné

Descendants

• → Catalan: eucaliptus
• → English: eucalyptus

Further reading

• “eucalyptus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.