gladiolus

gladiolus

See also: Gladiolus

English

Gladiolus imbricatus (2)

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: (US) -oʊləs

Noun

gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses)

1. (anatomy) The center part of the sternum.
2. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

Alternative forms

• gladiola

Derived terms

• gladdie
• gladiolin

Related terms

• gladiator

Translations

center part of the sternum

Finnish: rintalastan runko Portuguese: mesosterno m Spanish: mesosternón m, cuerpo del esternón m

plant

Bulgarian: гладиола f (gladiola) Catalan: gladiol m Chinese: Mandarin: 劍蘭／剑兰 (jiànlán) Czech: mečík m Dutch: gladiool (nl) m or f, zwaardlelie (nl) f Finnish: miekkalilja (fi) French: glaïeul (fr) m German: Gladiole (de) f Greek: γλαδιόλα (el) f (gladióla), γλαδίολος (el) m (gladíolos) Ancient: μαχαιρόφυλλον n (makhairóphullon), ξίφιον n (xíphion) Hungarian: kardvirág (hu) Hunsrik: Santeritte f Italian: gladiolo (it) m Japanese: グラジオラス (gurajiorasu) Latin: gladiolus m Polish: mieczyk (pl) m Portuguese: gladíolo (pt) m Romanian: gladiolă (ro) f Russian: гладио́лус (ru) m (gladiólus), шпа́жник (ru) m (špážnik) Spanish: estoque (es) m Swedish: gladiolus c Vietnamese: lay ơn (vi)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣlaː.diˈoː.lʏs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: gla‧di‧o‧lus

Noun

gladiolus m (plural gladioli)

1. Dated form of gladiool (“gladiolus, gladiola”).

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of gladius (“sword”) +‎ -olus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡɫ̪äˈd̪iɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡläˈd̪iːolus]

Noun

gladiolus m (genitive gladiolī); second declension

1. Little sword, knife
2. Sword lily, gladiolus.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gladiolus	gladiolī
Genitive	gladiolī	gladiolōrum
Dative	gladiolō	gladiolīs
Accusative	gladiolum	gladiolōs
Ablative	gladiolō	gladiolīs
Vocative	gladiole	gladiolī

Descendants

• Catalan: garitjol, → gladiol (learned)
• → English: gladiolus
• French: glaïeul
• Italian: giaggiolo
• Occitan: glaujòl
• → Norwegian: gladiolus

References

• “gladiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

Noun

gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladioler or gladioluser, definite plural gladiolene or gladiolusene)

1. a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus)

References

• “gladiolus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”).

Noun

gladiolus m (definite singular gladiolusen, indefinite plural gladiolar or gladiolusar, definite plural gladiolane or gladiolusane)

1. a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus)

References

• “gladiolus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.