liana

== English == === Etymology === From French liane (see that entry for more), influenced by lien (“link, bond”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liːˈɑːnə/ Rhymes: -ɑːnə === Noun === liana (plural lianas) (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. 1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,[1] Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “liana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. liana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Lanai, lanai == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English liana, from French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlia̯na/ Hyphenation: lia‧na === Noun === liana (plural liana-liana) (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical) === Further reading === “liana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlja.na/, (traditional) /liˈa.na/ Rhymes: -ana Hyphenation: lià‧na, (traditional) li‧à‧na === Noun === liana f (plural liane) (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical) plot (complicated) === Anagrams === Alina, alani, anali, inala == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French liane. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlja.na/ Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: lia‧na === Noun === liana f (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “liana”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “liana”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: li‧a‧na === Noun === liana f (plural lianas) (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical) Synonym: cipó === Further reading === “liana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “liana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French liane, of unknown ultimate origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈljana/ [ˈlja.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: lia‧na === Noun === liana f (plural lianas) (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical) Synonyms: bejuco, guaco === Further reading === “liana”, 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 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Verb === -liana (infinitive kuliana) Reciprocal form of -lia ==== Conjugation ====