gladiolus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin gladiolus (“little sword, sword lily”), diminutive of gladius (“sword”). Compare Middle English gladiol, whence gladiole. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡlædɪˈəʊləs/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡlædɪˈoʊləs/ Rhymes: -əʊləs === Noun === gladiolus (plural gladioli or gladioluses) (anatomy) The center part of the sternum. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola. Synonym: sword lily ==== Alternative forms ==== gladiola, gladiole ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gladiator ==== Translations ==== === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gladiolus, a diminutive form of gladius (“sword”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɣlaː.diˈoː.lʏs/ Hyphenation: gla‧di‧o‧lus === Noun === gladiolus m (plural gladioli, no diminutive) dated form of gladiool (“gladiolus, gladiola”) == Finnish == === Etymology === Latin gladiolus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑdiolus/, [ˈɡlɑ̝diˌo̞lus̠] Rhymes: -olus Syllabification(key): gla‧di‧o‧lus Hyphenation(key): gla‧dio‧lus === Noun === gladiolus synonym of miekkailija (“gladiolus (plant)”) ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of gladius (“sword”) +‎ -olus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɫaˈdi.ɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡlaˈdiː.o.lus] === Noun === gladiolus m (genitive gladiolī); second declension Little sword, knife Sword lily, gladiolus. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === 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) 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) a gladiolus (flowering plant of genus Gladiolus) === References === “gladiolus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.