anemone

== English == === Etymology === From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”). Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈnɛm.ə.ni/ Rhymes: -ɛməni IPA(key): /əˈnɛn.ə.mi/, /əˈmɛn.ə.mi/ (proscribed but common) Hyphenation: a‧nem‧o‧ne === Noun === anemone (plural anemones) Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower. A sea anemone. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Anagrams === anenome == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē). === Pronunciation === === Noun === anemone f (plural anemones) (botany) anemone (zoology) sea anemone Synonym: anemone de mar ==== Derived terms ==== anemone alpina === Further reading === “anemone”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin anemōnē. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈnɛ.mo.ne/ Rhymes: -ɛmone Hyphenation: a‧nè‧mo‧ne === Noun === anemone m (plural anemoni) anemone ==== Derived terms ==== anemone di mare === See also === attinia === Further reading === anemone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē). Pliny says it was so called because the flowers opened only when the wind blew. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.nɛˈmoː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.neˈmɔː.ne] === Noun === anemōnē f (genitive anemōnēs); first declension windflower, anemone ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “anemone”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “anemone”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “anemone”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aneˈmone/ [a.neˈmo.ne] Rhymes: -one Syllabification: a‧ne‧mo‧ne === Noun === anemone f (plural anemones) alternative form of anémona === Further reading === “anemone”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025