cyclamen

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos. === Pronunciation === === Noun === cyclamen (plural cyclamens) Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers. Synonym: sowbread A purplish-red colour. ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: シクラメン (shikuramen) → Korean: 시클라멘 (sikeullamen) → Chinese: 仙客來 / 仙客来 (xiānkèlái) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === cycleman == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Latin cyclamen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsi.klaː.mɛn/ ==== Noun ==== cyclamen n (plural cyclamens, no diminutive) (botany) synonym of cyclaam ===== Usage notes ===== This form is mostly used in technical contexts, cyclaam being the more standard choice. ===== Derived terms ===== cyclaam (back-formation) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== cyclamen plural of cyclaam == French == === Alternative forms === ciclamen (dated) === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === cyclamen m (plural cyclamens) cyclamen ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: siklamen === Further reading === “cyclamen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈky.kɫa.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.kla.men] === Noun === cyclamen n (genitive cyclaminis); third declension alternative form of cyclamīnos ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cyclămĕn”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 460/3.