belladonna

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian belladonna (altered by folk etymology: bella donna (“beautiful lady”)) from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), of Gaulish origin. The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌbɛləˈdɑnə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbɛləˈdɒnə/ Rhymes: -ɒnə === Noun === belladonna (countable and uncountable, plural belladonnas) A plant, Atropa belladonna, having purple bell-shaped flowers and poisonous black glossy berries. An alkaloid extracted from this plant, sometimes used medicinally, containing atropine. ==== Synonyms ==== (Atropa belladonna): deadly nightshade ==== Derived terms ==== belladonna lily belladonnized, belladonized Belladonna mottle virus ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɛ.laːˈdɔ.naː/ Hyphenation: bel‧la‧don‧na === Noun === belladonna f or m (plural belladonna's, diminutive belladonnaatje n) synonym of wolfskers (“deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)”) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbelːɑdonːɑ/, [ˈbe̞lːɑ̝ˌdo̞nːɑ̝] Rhymes: -onːɑ Syllabification(key): bel‧la‧don‧na Hyphenation(key): bel‧la‧don‧na === Noun === belladonna belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== myrkkykoiso lemmonmarja === Further reading === “belladonna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Italian == === Etymology === Interpreted by folk etymology as bella (“beautiful”) +‎ donna (“lady”), from Medieval Latin blādōna (“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/ Rhymes: -ɔnna Hyphenation: bel‧la‧dòn‧na === Noun === belladonna f (plural belledonne) deadly nightshade, belladonna (Atropa belladonna) === References === == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛl.laˈdɔn.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bel.laˈdɔn.na] === Noun === belladonna f (genitive belladonnae); first declension (New Latin) belladonna (Atropa belladonna) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== solānum ==== Descendants ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian belladonna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛl.laˈdɔn.na/ Rhymes: -ɔnna Syllabification: bel‧la‧don‧na === Noun === belladonna f (literary) alternative form of belladona ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === belladonna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN belladonna in Polish dictionaries at PWN