Translingual

Proper noun

Belladonna f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – Atropa.

English

Noun

belladonna ‎(plural belladonnas)

1. A plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries.
2. An alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine.
   • 2005 June 13, Edmund White, “My Women: Learning how to love them.”, in The New Yorker:

     Cathy teetered downstairs on very high heels, her hair swept up in a disintegrating “brioche”, her eyes glistening with belladonna drops.

Synonyms

Wikispecies

• (Atropa belladonna): deadly nightshade

Derived terms

• belladonna lily
• belladonnized, belladonized

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from 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

• Hyphenation: bel‧la‧don‧na

Noun

belladonna f, m ‎(plural belladonna's, diminutive belladonnaatje n)

1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Synonyms

• wolfskers

Finnish

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Etymology

Borrowing from 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

• Hyphenation: bel‧la‧don‧na

Noun

belladonna

1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Declension

Synonyms

• myrkkykoiso
• lemmonmarja

Italian

Etymology

Interpreted by folk etymology as bella ‎(“beautiful”) +‎ donna ‎(“lady”), 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): /ˌbɛl.laˈdɔn.na/
• Hyphenation: bel‧la‧dòn‧na

Noun

belladonna f ‎(plural belledonne)

1. deadly nightshade, belladonna (Atropa belladonna)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from 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”).

Noun

belladonna f ‎(genitive belladonnae); first declension

1. (New Latin) belladonna (Atropa belladonna)

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• solānum

Descendants