Translingual

Gladiolus 'Red Cascade'

Proper noun

Gladiolus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the gladioli..

English

Gladiolus imbricatus (2)

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.

Related terms

• gladiator

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of gladius ‎(“sword”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈdi.o.lus/, [ɡɫaˈdi.ɔ.ɫʊs]

Noun

gladiolus m ‎(genitive gladiolī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: giaggiolo
• French: glaïeul
• Norwegian: gladiolus (Bokmål), gladiolus (Nynorsk)
• Occitan: glaujòl

References

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

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.

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.