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Tilia

Tilia

See also: tilia and tília

Translingual

Proper noun

Tilia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – trees, including the lindens, the basswoods and the lime tree.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

tilia

tilia

See also: Tilia and tília

English

Noun

tilia (plural tilias)

  1. Any tree of the linden genus Tilia.

Latin

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from a Mediterranean substrate, found also in Ancient Greek πτελέα (pteléa, elm) and Old Armenian թեղի (tʿełi).

Pronunciation

Noun

tilia f (genitive tiliae); first declension

  1. linden or lime tree
  2. the inner bark of the linden or lime tree

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tilia tiliae
genitive tiliae tiliārum
dative tiliae tiliīs
accusative tiliam tiliās
ablative tiliā tiliīs
vocative tilia tiliae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: tília
  • Romanian: tei
  • Sardinian: tíja, tílliu
  • Sicilian: tigghiu, tigliu
  • Spanish: tilia, tilo, tila, teja
  • Translingual: Tilia
  • Venetian: tìlio

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