beladona
Portuguese
Etymology
Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌbɛ.lɐˈdo.nɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɛ.laˈdo.na/
Noun
beladona f (plural beladonas)
- belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beladǒːna/
- Hyphenation: be‧la‧do‧na
Noun
beladóna f (Cyrillic spelling беладо́на)
- belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Synonyms
- velebilje