Translingual

Proper noun

Alnus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – the alders and related trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fagales - order; Betulaceae - family; Betuloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alnus subg. Alnobetula, Alnus subg. Alnus, Alnus subg. Clethropsis - subgenera
  • See external links for species.

Latin

Noun

alnus m ‎(genitive alnī); second declension

1. An alder.
2. Anything made of alder wood; a ship, vessel or boat.

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• alneus

Descendants

• Aromanian: anin, arin
• French: aulne
• Italian: alno
• Romanian: anin, arin
• Spanish: alno

References

• alnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ALNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.